AKESPE, Kazakhstan -- Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after another returned ...
Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It’s taking residents’ livelihoods, too
MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — 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 ...
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.
It's been called one of the 20th century's most staggering ecological disasters. The Aral Sea was once one of the world's largest lakes, but over the course of nearly half a century, this giant body ...
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Real reason one of Russia's biggest lakes was destroyed
Explore the Aral Sea's tragic destruction due to Soviet cotton production. Learn about the ecological disaster, water diversion, and the impact on Central Asia.
Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It's taking residents' livelihoods, too
MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — 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 ...
Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It’s taking residents’ livelihoods, too
A rusting ship sits in a dried-up area of the Aral Sea on July 25 in Muynak, Uzbekistan. Decades ago, deep blue and filled with fish, it was one of the world's largest inland bodies of water. It's ...
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