Shrinking of Aral Sea: An Environmental Disaster in Central Asia
Volume 6, Issue 4 Archana Gupta
Published online: 03 August 2020
Abstract
This studys aims to examina and explain the all aspects of the Aral Sea crisis. The Aral Sea is conceded as a crisis is not about water, nutrition, air quality, climate, economy and the health care systems that are pushed into crisis. A large number of international organizations, NGOs and countries with huge funds are also engaged in the region to rescue Aral Sea from the serious environmental crisis. The environmental, economical and social damage has been very vast. The study is descripitive and analytical in nature. Its based on primary and secondry sources. The essential sources comprise of the different government archives and reports, press proclamations, discussions and addresses. The optional sources incorporate books, articles, magazines, paper reports, web sources, and so forth. Findings show that the Aral Sea and now uncovered seabed may likewise be contaminated by overflow previous Soviet army installation and a natural weapons research center. As result, the biological system of the Aral Sea has crumpled, the Aral Sea Basin have been reported by the environment changes. In fact, many environmentalists have predicted disappearance of the Aral Sea by year 2025. The Aral Sea crisis has not only led to wide scale of environmental degradation, but also medical, social and economic problems. It has also become a human crisis. This paper, predominantly using hydrologic and other information as contribution to spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel)- based hydrologic and saltiness models, analyzes the ebb and flow endeavors to reestablish the Aral and takes a gander at a few future situations of the Sea. It likewise outlines the most significant exercises of the Aral Seas drying.
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To Cite this article
Gupta, A. (2020). Shrinking of Aral Sea: An environmental disaster in Central Asia. International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 6(4), 162-170. doi:10.20469/ijhss.6.20003-4