Aral Sea Part I: A catastrophic disappearing act..
Once the world’s fourth largest lake, Central Asia’s Aral Sea is now famous for other reasons. With 90 percent of its water lost through the Soviet Union’s irrigation projects, it is now little more than an environmental catastrophe. I went to Kazakhstan to get a closer look at why the sea’s demise is literally killing people.
Post Series: Aral Sea
- 1.Aral Sea: The sea that dried up in 40 years – BBC News
- 2.Full Documentary: “Aral. The lost sea” by Isabel Coixet | We Are Water Foundation
- 3.Aral Sea Reborn – earthrise
- 4.Aral Sea – Animation 1960-2014
- 5.The Dried up Aral Sea Eco-Disaster
- 6.Aral Sea: Man-made environmental disaster – BBC News
- 7.Video: Dried-up Aral Sea springs back to life
- 8.Assignment Asia: Kazakhstan Aral Sea restoration
- 9.UN Aral Sea Programme
- 10.Aral Sea Part I: A catastrophic disappearing act..
- 11.Aral Sea Part II: Can a dam reverse the damage?
- 12.Aral Sea Part III: Return of the Fish?