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The Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-largest inland lake, was drained dry. Now it’s a ticking carbon bomb
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was once the fourth-largest inland body of water on ...
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 ...
About 90% of the Aral Sea has dried up. The exposed sediments have already released enormous amounts of carbon dioxide (748 megatons) since 1960. However, through restoration, the lake could once ...
The Aral Sea, once the fourth-largest lake in the world, has lost over 90% of its area over the last few decades. As a result, the local economy has been heavily damaged, lands have become useless for ...
Where water once stood is now an arid, dry, open landscape in western Kazakhstan punctuated with low-lying shrubs. Only when you finally reach the Little Aral Sea, known as Kishi Aral, can you feel ...
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The 'Dead' Sea lives! How one nation
EVERYONE WAS TAUGHT THIS SEA DIED. NOBODY TELLS YOU WHAT HAPPENED AFTER A COUNTRY BUILT ONE WALL OF EARTH. Most of us were ...
Tastubek is a small fishing village located on the coast of the Aral Sea. When the waters of the sea receded due to Soviet-era irrigation projects, life here effectively stopped. After the completion ...
Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It's taking residents' livelihoods, too
Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union—for generations, none of it has deterred Nafisa Bayniyazova and her family from making a living growing melons, pumpkins and ...
THE Aral Sea is disappearing even faster than previously thought. A new study of the southern part of the sea has slashed its life expectancy by decades. Since the 1960s, the sea has been drying up as ...
Abroad, India’s RSS Speaks of ‘Love.’ At Home, Its Affiliates Attack Christians. The Aral Sea’s story demonstrates how human actions can profoundly alter natural systems, yet it also shows that ...
Mr. Dreyer, an editor and writer, wrote from Muynak, Uzbekistan. Walking toward the shrinking remnants of what used to be the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan was like entering hell. All around was a desert ...
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