Aral Sea: Human environmental disaster – BBC News

Subscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews It only took 40 years for the Aral Sea to dry up. Fishing ports were suddenly found in the desert. But in a small part of the sea the water is returning. Recent satellite photos show that 90% of the Aral Sea has dried up, forming a new desert in central Asia between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Man is an environmental disaster. As part of the BBC’s richest season in the world, Rustam Qobil visits the Aral Sea, a bed in a toxic desert, and talks to the sea, health and loved ones. Subscribe to BBC News HERE
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