The Aral Sea disaster began in the 1960s, with the introduction of inadequate irrigation systems to support increased agriculture in the region during the Soviet era. Over time, ageing and ...
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What caused the devastation that plagues the Aral Sea?
What happened to the Aral Sea? The once third-largest lake in the world has been drying and shrinking since the 1960s thanks ...
Prior to 1960, the Aral Sea was the fourth largest inland water reservoir in the planet, with a surface area of 66,900 square km. 1960 is a key date because it was the last time that the sea’s water ...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 11. Two new World Bank–backed projects may soon be launched in the Aral Sea basin, Trend reports citing the Kazakh government. The government said that 42 environmental ...
Sixty years ago, the Aral Sea began drying up, leaving salty, barren soil in its wake. Lessons learned here will help other parts of the world experiencing climate change. The Aral Sea was once the ...
Akshabak Batimova, 67, stands by the now mostly dried-up bay along the former port in Aral, Kazakhstan. After the Aral Sea dried up, it devastated the livelihood of locals like Batimova who worked as ...
Note: This article was originally published in the UN Chronicle, Issue 1, 1999. Environmental experts have rung the death knell for the Aral Sea in Central Asia. The world's fourth largest lake in ...
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