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Central Asia's Ticking Time Bomb: Water

NPR | By Valerie Kipnis,
Claire Harbage, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Daniel Wood
Published October 30, 2024 at 4:00 AM CDT
Omerserik Ibragimov heads out to put his nets in the water for fish on the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan.
Claire Harbage
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Omerserik Ibragimov heads out to put his nets in the water for fish on the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan.

The Aral Sea has nearly disappeared over the last 60 years. Now, its source rivers are depleting.

View the full project: https://apps.npr.org/aral-sea-shrinking-map/

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