The Aral Sea: The Devastation and Partial Rehabilitation of a Great Lake
Year: 2014 Language: English Author: Philip Micklin, N.V. Aladin, Igor Plotnikov Publisher: Springer-Verlag ISBN: ISBN 978-3-642-02356-9 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 30 Description: Recommended reading to see how the lessons we are learning the hard way in the Aral Sea now, can be used everywhere in the future. Until the 1960s, the Aral Sea was the world's fourth-largest inland lake, covering approximately 68,000 km2. Fed by the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, it was a thriving saline ecosystem supporting a major fishing industry. It has since shrunk by over 90% into a toxic desert. This book, masterfully organized and led by its editors, Philip Micklin, Nikolay V. Aladin and Igor Plotnikov, covers key aspects and consequences of the shrinking Aral Sea from the inception of this phenomenon in the early 1960s until today. This book consists of an introductory chapter and three parts. Part I (Background to the Aral Problem) in three chapters provides essential information about the Aral Sea prior to its modern desiccation that gives context to what has happened to the lake in the modern era. Part II (Modern Recession of Aral) in nine chapters covers key aspects and consequences of the shrinking Aral Sea from the inception of this phenomenon in the early 1960s until today. The first four chapters of Part III (Aral Future) examine what may happen to this once grand lake and its environs in coming years, depending primarily on the human response to this disaster and showing that there is a way forward, provided clear commitments and actions on the ground are taken soon. The final summary chapter includes a discussion of the lessons to be gleaned from the Aral experience along with a suggested list of key research topics that need deeper investigation in order for optimal improvement of this water body. What has happened in this region, and what is happening now, concerns us all, as global citizens in a world increasingly affected by climate change and human impacts.
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The Aral Sea: The Devastation and Partial Rehabilitation of a Great Lake
Language: English
Author: Philip Micklin, N.V. Aladin, Igor Plotnikov
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
ISBN: ISBN 978-3-642-02356-9
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 30
Description: Recommended reading to see how the lessons we are learning the hard way in the Aral Sea now, can be used everywhere in the future.
Until the 1960s, the Aral Sea was the world's fourth-largest inland lake, covering approximately 68,000 km2. Fed by the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, it was a thriving saline ecosystem supporting a major fishing industry. It has since shrunk by over 90% into a toxic desert.
This book, masterfully organized and led by its editors, Philip Micklin, Nikolay V. Aladin and Igor Plotnikov, covers key aspects and consequences of the shrinking Aral
Sea from the inception of this phenomenon in the early 1960s until today.
This book consists of an introductory chapter and three parts.
Part I (Background to the Aral Problem) in three chapters provides essential information about the Aral Sea prior to its modern desiccation that gives context to what has happened to the lake in the modern era. Part II (Modern Recession of Aral) in nine chapters covers key aspects and consequences of the shrinking Aral Sea from the inception of this phenomenon in the early 1960s until today. The first four chapters of Part III (Aral Future) examine what may happen to this once grand lake and its environs in coming years, depending primarily on the human response to this disaster and showing that there is a way forward, provided clear commitments and actions on the ground are taken soon. The final summary chapter includes a discussion of the lessons to be gleaned from the Aral experience along with a suggested list of key research topics that need deeper investigation in order for optimal improvement of this water body.
What has happened in this region, and what is happening now, concerns us all, as global citizens in a world increasingly affected by climate change and human impacts.
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