Environmental Catastrophe: The Aral Sea is Almost Gone
The Aral Sea is landlocked between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and it was once the world’s fourth largest inland sea.
Due to Soviet irrigation projects, the Aral sea has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s. In 2007, the sea had shrunk to 10% of its original size, and what remains is heavily polluted from weapons testing, industrial projects, pesticides and fertilizer.
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