Once one of the worlds largest inland lakes, Asia's Aral Sea has evaporated into desert, dried by Soviet era irrigation plans. One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores of the Aral Sea.
October 28, 2024 • Once one of the worlds largest inland lakes, Asia's Aral Sea has evaporated into desert, dried by Soviet ...
One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores of the Aral Sea. The Aral Sea straddles the border of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It was once one of the world ...
NPR's Above the Fray fellow, Valerie Kipnis, reports from the shores of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan. VALERIE KIPNIS, BYLINE: The village of Tastubek was nearly desolate for 30 years. Omirserik ...
Once one of the worlds largest inland lakes, Asia's Aral Sea has evaporated into desert, dried by Soviet era irrigation plans. One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores of the Aral Sea.