The Aral Sea: From lake to desert to forest
In her role as deputy manager of the Aral Sea Environmental Restoration Project in Central Asian Kazakhstan, Zadneprovskaya, ...
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One of the World’s Biggest Lakes Has Disappeared—And the Aftermath Is Worse Than Expected
Once a shimmering 68,000-square-kilometer (26,000-square-mile) inland sea straddling Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the Aral Sea was one of the largest lakes on Earth. For centuries, it sustained ...