The Aral Sea: The Toxic Soviet Sea

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Photoessay documenting the changes in Kazakhstan: https://avauntmagazine.com/fishing-camels-of-the-aral-sea/
How Kazakhstan is reviving the sea, while Uzbekistan is killing it: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180719-how-kazakhstan-brought-the-aral-sea-back-to-life
The second phase of the Kokaral dam: https://kazakh-tv.kz/en/view/society/page_203237_restoration-of-aral-sea-is-common-responsibility
Nat Geo’s take: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2015/06/vanishing-aral-sea-kazakhstan-uzbekistan/
Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/place/Aral-Sea
The view on the ground (BBC podcast): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02k871g
Virgin Lands Campaign: https://www.rbth.com/multimedia/history/2017/08/16/virgin-lands-campaign-how-the-ussr-tried-to-counter-food-shortages_823652
Map of the Aral Sea changing over time: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea
The Aral Sea in the Medieval Period: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225573961_Extent_of_the_Aral_Sea_Drop_in_the_Middle_Ages
Child Mortality rates by country, 1990-2018: https://www.unicef.org/media/60561/file/UN-IGME-child-mortality-report-2019.pdf

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