Not so long ago, the Aral Sea was the 4th largest freshwater lake in the world. Now, it's only 10% of its former size. In what the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling one of the most shocking disasters on the planet, the Aral Sea has literally all but dried up. So how does one of the most massive bodies of water in the world vanish?

A giant, Cold War-era Soviet project comes to town, that's how. A project intended to boost cotton production in an arid region of Uzbekistan diverted the rivers that feed the Aral Sea away from their natural source. Without the rivers feeding into the lake, it has simply and steadily dried up over the years. And now, 90% of the entire Aral Sea is gone.

It's ever more pressing that a solution be found, too--water is only becoming more scarce as global warming persists, and thirsty populations grow in size. Which makes the issue of saving the Aral lake not merely one of environmental import, or historic posterity--but an absolute necessity to the local populations who need fresh water to survive.

The lake isn't drying up because of pollution, but the area has become polluted and is creating pollution for others. The bed of the lake has become toxic due to the lack of fresh water. The chemicals have no where to go. The bed is also full of salt. The wind kick up this salty toxic crap and floats it to other countries.
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