The Drying of The Aral Sea: The worst Environmental Disasters

The Aral Sea, which was once the 4th largest sea in the world, is currently dry. The Aral Sea, once the size of Ireland, has been reduced to polluted ponds a tenth its original size. UN chief Ban Ki-Moon called it "one of the worst environmental disasters". University of Reading expert Dr Ben Lloyd-Hughes said: "It's the effect of man and rising temperatures." Before the 1950’s there was a thriving fishing industry ... Next>>>