Prior to 1960 the Aral Sea's biodiversity was considered low. It supported no more than 24 species of fish, over 200 species of free-living macroinvertibrates, and 180 land animal species. With the ...

In the region there were 500 species of birds, 200 species of mammals and 100 species ... A high content of poisonous pesticides is found in those fish that are caught. Under Gorbachev, the Aral ...

The Aral Sea straddles Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan ... Today the salinity exceeds 110 grams per liter, making it deadly to every species of fish. Near the shoreline the muddy sand is wet, like ...

Brutal Soviet-era farming practices severely damaged the Aral Sea's delicate ecosystem ... disappearance of many of the more than 30 species of fish caught for commercial purposes.

The drying of the Aral Sea has caused multiple animal species to go extinct and virtually ended human activity in the area. In addition, winds have carried tens of millions of tonnes of salt and ...

The drying of the Aral Sea has caused multiple animal species to go extinct and virtually ended human activity in the area. In addition, winds have carried tens of millions of tonnes of salt and toxic ...