Aral Sea restoration proves ‘irreparable’ ecosystems can be revived

Aral Sea restoration proves ‘irreparable’ ecosystems can be revived

Once declared a dead zone and beyond environmental salvage, one of the world’s greatest examples of land and resource mismanagement is slowly becoming a beacon of hope for climate activists.  Up until the mid-20th Century, the Aral Sea was the third-largest lake on the planet. Straddling Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, this region suffered at the hands of an ambitious plan by the Soviet Union to kickstart a major cotton production industry close by —…