Uzbekistan calls for help over disappearing Aral Sea

Uzbekistan calls for help over disappearing Aral Sea
Urgench, Uzbekistan (AFP) Oct 29, 2014 - Uzbekistan on Wednesday called for more international help over the shrinking of the Aral Sea, after recent images showed part of the lake had dried up completely. In an environmental catastrophe that haunts Central Asia, the Aral Sea on the border of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan has been ravaged due to Soviet irrigation projects dating back to the 1960s. Last month NASA said satellite ima ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Uzbekistan_calls_for_help_over_disappearing_Aral_Sea_999.html