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Kazakhstan says part of Aral Sea has nearly doubled in volume
Kazakhstan said on Monday the northern part of the Aral Sea had nearly doubled in volume since 2008, a rare environmental ...
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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 ...
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Sins of the Aral Sea
This story appears in the June 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. “This is what the end of the world looks like,” says Yusup Kamalov, sweeping his hand toward the scrub-covered desert ...
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Photo-driven Aral Sea project gives voice to underrepresented community affected by climate change
A photojournalist’s pitch turned into a project that took this team to a remote area rarely covered by news outlets Photojournalist Ebrahim Noroozi had a vision when he pitched a story on the Aral Sea ...