"Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, Central Asia's shrinking Aral Sea has reached a new low, thanks to decades-old water diversions and a more recent drought."
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Kelsey McIntosh's curator insight,
March 31, 2018 2:28 PM
This article briefly discusses the disappearing Aral Sea. Once being the fourth largest lake, evaporation and water diversions have caused it to shrink significantly. Because the sea has always been salty, the disappearing water has caused the salt content to rise and has made the water practically unusable.
brielle blais's curator insight,
April 1, 2018 3:28 PM
This post showcases physical geography. The Aral Sea is dissipating, and it is leaving behind tons and tons of salt. This salt is affecting the local agriculture, such as in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, where the crops that are irrigated are suffering from the high salt levels.
Kelvis Hernandez's curator insight,
November 1, 2018 8:02 PM
Once one of the largest lakes in the world, the Aral Sea in Central Asia has been progressively shrinking due to recent droughts and water diversions happening over decades. With the whole eastern section of the lake gone, all that's left is the salt and heavy minerals that will eventually make its way into the air causing different problems for people in the surrounding area.
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Denise Pacheco's curator insight,
December 17, 2013 3:37 PM
Hydrographic Turing puts people in safety and health risks. Because the water is contaminated and because of the oil spills, blow outs, and fires. They put chemicals into the ground in order to make cracks in the earth to collect natural oil, but they use people's land in order to collect the oil. People are complaining about these industries because they now have to buy water every month instead of getting it from their sinks or wells. Not to mention some houses have already blew up or caught on favor thanks to hydro fracturing. They need to put a stop to this, at least do it on land that is not being used and far away from people.
Jacqueline Landry's curator insight,
December 17, 2013 6:07 PM
The development of gas is important for energy but there are health and safety risks with cracking in neighborhoods. Quality of air and water is important for survival. Nature matters and people matter, they need to find a middle ground. |
Tom Franta's curator insight,
July 12, 2014 11:40 AM
Many geographers are aware that future water resource issues in the American Southwest will have political, cultural, and social impacts. What do you believe to be some approaching concerns after reading this article?
John Blunnie's curator insight,
July 12, 2013 11:29 AM
So much money and time needed to tear down something that was most likely a marvel of its time. Also another sign the the industrial era is way behind us.
Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s curator insight,
August 7, 2013 7:45 PM
CD - The nature of water scarcity and ways of overcoming it, including studies drawn from Australia and West Asia and/or North Africa.
This example is in the USA but too interesting to not include! |