One of the great human-made environmental disasters. If the speaking speed is too slow, try speeding up the video to 1.5 times. Other environmental crises triggered by large powers: USA prevents Colorado river from flowing to Mexico International beef industry leads to Amazon deforestation Chinese super-projects in Myanmar threaten to flood local communities Overfishing of offshore Somalia by large companies depletes catch for locals Powerful companies or gangs of illegal loggers murder indigenous people in Peru, Ecuador References: Columbia University http://www.columbia.edu/~tmt2120/introduction.htm Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-a0c4856e-1019-4937-96fd-8714d70a48f7 karakalpak.com http://www.karakalpak.com/stanaral.html The Medieval Aral Sea Crisis http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt;=18963696 NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/world/grand-soviet-scheme-for-sharing-water-in-central-asia-is-foundering.html?pagewanted=1 Lakes by size http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_volume http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_area Salinity http://www.unep.org/geo/geo1/fig/fig2-2_1.htm Image credits: "Timur Empire" by Stuntelaar - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timur_Empire.jpg#/media/File:Timur_Empire.jpg Satellite comparisons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AralSea1989_2014.jpg "AralShip" by Staecker - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AralShip.jpg#/media/File:AralShip.jpg "Moynaq Aral-Sea Ships" by Sebastian Kluger - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moynaq_Aral-Sea_Ships.jpg#/media/File:Moynaq_Aral-Sea_Ships.jpg from Mr Hicks46 1. Some old fishing boats in Moynaq, Aral Sea, Uzbekistan. https://www.flickr.com/photos/teosaurio/9121875591/in/photostream/ 2. Salt lake somewhere between Atyrau and Beyneu, Kazakhstan. https://www.flickr.com/photos/teosaurio/9043328743/in/photostream/ 3. Uzbekistan Sums. https://www.flickr.com/photos/teosaurio/9124119296/in/photostream/ Aral Sea (lost again) https://www.flickr.com/photos/lamerie/8004308630/ Smaltz, Jeff. “Dust Storm over the Aral Sea : Natural Hazards.” Dust Storm over the Aral Sea: Natural Hazards. NASA GSFC, n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2014. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=19853 - See more at: http://intlpollution.commons.gc.cuny.edu/aral-sea-catastrophe/#sthash.bIOuqCM2.dpuf PEYROUSE, SEBASTIEN. “Building a New Silk Road? Central Asia in the New World Order | Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective.” Osu.edu. Ohio State University, July 2009. Web. 18 Dec. 2014. http://origins.osu.edu/article/building-new-silk-road-central-asia-new-world-order - See more at: http://intlpollution.commons.gc.cuny.edu/aral-sea-catastrophe/#sthash.bIOuqCM2.dpuf "Syr Darya River Floodplain, Kazakhstan, Central Asia" by ISS Expedition 25 crew - NASA Earth Observatory. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syr_Darya_River_Floodplain,_Kazakhstan,_Central_Asia.JPG#/media/File:Syr_Darya_River_Floodplain,_Kazakhstan,_Central_Asia.JPG "Amudaryamap" by Background layer attributed to DEMIS Mapserver, map created by Shannon1 - Background and river course data from http://www2.demis.nl/mapserver/mapper.asp. Licensed under GFDL via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amudaryamap.jpg#/media/File:Amudaryamap.jpg Don't buy Uzbek cotton Photo by: environmental justice foundation - See more at: http://newint.org/columns/currents/2009/07/01/uzbekistan/#sthash.NuVIpAK7.dpuf http://newint.org/columns/currents/2009/07/01/uzbekistan/ Girl harvesting cotton in Kashkadarya, Uzbekistan, October 2011 (Anti-Slavery International) http://treehugginghoolah.blogspot.jp/2012/12/cotton-slavery-and-peter-lilley.html © Global Warming Images / WWF http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/businesses/transforming_markets/solutions/better_management_practices/ Sept. 1–3, 1977, Landsat 2 (path/row 172–174/27–30) — Aral Sea mosaic http://earthshots.usgs.gov/earthshots/node/46#ad-image-0 "Sassanian Empire 621 A.D" by Keeby101 - I used Photoshop, cropped the image, drew the borders, coloered the map and labeled all of the cities.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sassanian_Empire_621_A.D.jpg#/media/File:Sassanian_Empire_621_A.D.jpg "Artemia salina 4" by © Hans Hillewaert. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artemia_salina_4.jpg#/media/File:Artemia_salina_4.jpg

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