What happened to the Aral Sea?On World Sea Day, we tell the story of the Aral Sea, which turned into a salty desert.The Aral Sea was once one of the largest lakes on Earth, with a surface area twice that of Lake Baikal

What happened to the Aral Sea?On World Sea Day, we tell the story of the Aral Sea, which turned into a salty desert.The Aral Sea was once one of the largest lakes on Earth, with a surface area twice that of Lake Baikal

Because of its vast size and salinity, it came to be known as a sea.This salt lake was fed by Central Asia’s two main rivers, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya. The port city of Muynak held a special place on its shores.Beginning in the 1960s, the...