The Economist

The North Aral Sea is expanding after decades of shrinkage

T HE ARAL SEA has long been a byword for ecological disaster. Once the world’s fourth-largest lake, it has been steadily ...
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Could we revive the Aral Sea?

The Aral Sea, once the fourth-largest lake in the world in 1960, has seen a drastic decline, with only about 10% of its original size remaining today. This environmental disaster has profoundly ...

Sins of the Aral Sea

The Aral Sea straddles Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and for thousands of years was fed by two major rivers, the Amu Darya and ...
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The Aral Sea isn’t just an ecological nightmare — it’s a carbon bomb

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Aral Sea isn’t just an ecological nightmare — it’s a carbon bomb The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was ...

In the 1960s, the Soviet Union drained a sea to irrigate cotton crops; today, shrubs have been planted to prevent dust storms

In the 1960s, the world witnessed how human needs once again took precedence over those of nature. During those years, the ...
The Diplomat

Is the Aral Sea a Lost Cause?

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 ...
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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 ...
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Drained Under Soviet Rule, Aral Sea Has Become a Huge Source of Emissions

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abandoned boasts in dried-up Aral Sea. Arian Zwegers via Flickr The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was once ...
Reuters

FACTBOX-Key facts about the disappearing Aral Sea

June 24 (Reuters) - The Aral Sea, once the world's fourth largest lake, has shrunk by 70 percent in recent decades in what environmentalists describe as one of the worst man-made ecological disasters.
Good Men Project

365 Days of Climate Awareness 301 – The Death of the Aral Sea

The Aral Sea was a large inland lake east of the Caspian between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (both within the old Soviet Union). The Aral Sea was a large inland lake east of the Caspian between ...
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These men once relied on the Aral Sea. Today, the dry land is a reminder of lost livelihoods

Brushing the dust from his hat and lying on the floor inside his home, Ali Shadilov recalls how he and other fishermen used to laugh at town elders who warned that the enormous sea they relied on was ...
Reuters

Factbox: Key facts about the disappearing Aral Sea

MOYNAK, Uzbekistan (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the shrinking Aral Sea on Sunday and urged regional cooperation to tackle what environmentalists describe as one of the worst ...