The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World is being updated after four years and cartographers responsible for the maps say that they are having to redraw coastlines to reflect changes in the global environment that have happened since the last edition. 

Some of the most marked changes highlighted in the new atlas include the Aral Sea in central Asia, which has shrunk by 74 per cent since 1967, Lake Chad in Africa, which has shrunk by 95 per cent since 1963, and the Dead Sea in the Middle East, which is 25 metres lower than it was 50 years ago.

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