The Aral Sea is one of the worst human-authored environmental disasters in history. It used to be the world's fourth-largest freshwater lake, until the Soviet Union in the 1960s diverted its two main river-sources for cotton production. In three decades the sea shrank to barely 10% of its former size, splitting into two much-smaller bodies, the North and South Aral seas. That's terrible on its own, but the shrinking water produced a huge spike in salinity -- which killed off nearly all the fish.
Intelligent Engineering And Planning Brings (some) Life Back To The Aral Sea
Clive Thompson, Boing Boing
Tue, 03/27/2018 - 6:00am
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