Thursday 2 October 2014

Terra satellite shows how much the Aral Sea has dried up

WATER WORLD
Terra satellite shows how much the Aral Sea has dried up
New York (UPI) Oct 1, 2014 - What was once the fourth largest lake in the world is now a shadow of its former self. NASA recently released a series of images from the Terra satellite that show just how much the Aral Sea has changed in the last 15 years. The devastation of the Aral Sea started in the 1960's under the Soviet Union as a way to divert water into the arid plains of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tur ... more


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