Aral Sea ecologic disaster

Once upon a time, there was the Aral Sea. It was immense, covering 68,000 square kilometres — so vast that locals referred to it as a sea rather than a lake. Just like the sea, it was saline. This colossal body of water significantly moderated the climate of the surrounding desert, fostering agriculture along its shores. Its abundant, fish-filled waters provided sustenance and employment for hundreds of thousands of people. Numerous ports dotted its shores, launching hundreds of fishing boats daily. It is estimated that about a quarter of all fish caught in the U.S.S.R came from the Aral Sea. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:630/1*huCXOxWj7JKII877mdf68Q.jpeg" style="height:394px; width:700px" /> Then, one fateful day, Stalin decided to sentence the Aral to death. On October 20, 1948, the Georgian dictator signed the Grand Plan for the Transformation of Nature. The project involved constructing a network of canals diverting water from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers to transform the adjacent desert into a cotton-producing region. <a href="https://medium.com/@ppregazzi/aral-sea-ecologic-disaster-7a90c3b6b139">Visit Now</a>