You also missed that the northern part of the sea has been dammed-off from the rest at a narrow point, which has allowed it to re-fill. They even have a fishing industry again there.
@@souravjaiswal-jr4bjit's being developed by a Japanese firm which is completing their contract with the previous government. But Taliban has been co-operating .
@MayankPrasad111 The talibans also have their hands on the lapis lazuli, chromium, and ruby mines of Afghanistan. The minerals extracted by the exploited workers (including children) are then sold worldwide. The Taliban regime makes dozens of millions of dollars every year from these minerals alone. That's one of the ways they make money.
Lmao it's not a lost cause. It woul all return in 5 years if they stopped removing water from the rivers 😂. The lost cause is central Asian agriculture. Because it's not going to last one way or the other, the land is desertifying. Once they can no longer farm. The sea will retrun
Unless they completely abandon those canals, its never going to be "restored". It is a rather shallow sea in a dry area, meaning that evaporation is rather high. It will eventually stabilise when the water input and the evaporation rate equalise.
The Karakum Canal is a huge waste of water. It largely feeds into the luxurious buildings and facades in Turkmenistan. And the Karakum Canal takes away about 50% of the water from the Amu Darya River, the major source of water for the southern side of the Aral Sea. Close the Karakum Canal and the Aral Sea can be restored faster. It's like the episode of Cyberchase when the Hacker stole the town's water to feed his luxurious property. And on a side note, why haven't environmentalists raised voices for the Aral Sea? We hear a lot about global warming, but never about the destruction of the Aral Sea?
@@Moscoviya2009 All of the canal infrastructure was built up while the USSR had dominion over the region. At the time, they were built up to provide water for cotton plantations. After the disintegration of the USSR, Russia used its influence to ensure that the region remained divided in order to maintain its influence. The political boundaries of those countries make absolutely no sense at all and are pretty much the result of Russian involvement. Environmentalists did raise the alarm about the Aral Sea, but the disfunction of the region makes it pretty much impossible to get anything done.
The old soviet mentality of centralized government/bureaucracy resulted in many such disasters both environmental/human. The lesson is that if you pay attention to politics all other problems solve themselves. Now, what do i mean by paying attention to politics?
@@paigeireland3731 3:51 he said the image that looks like 3x different lakes… Meaning it is not 3x different lakes it is the same body of water. Then proceeded to show an image of the lakes which are covered in ice but he implied that what we see is the progress already made while in reality it is pretty much the same area of water taken in summer vs winter. The interpretation he makes of these two image is inaccurate and misleading.
Wide stretch of higher elevation between the 2. Water won't flow uphill on its own, so it would require enormous amounts of constant energy expenditure to pump it
The Aral sea is very shallow.....water loss by evaporation ...... It good for environmental purpose, but food and cotton production is also important !
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You also missed that the northern part of the sea has been dammed-off from the rest at a narrow point, which has allowed it to re-fill. They even have a fishing industry again there.
Exactly this. Came for this comment.
You missed the point that Afghanistan is building its own irrigation channel upstream that will reduce the water even further.
True I am very much surprised how the Taliban is able to secure funding for the qosh tepa canal.
@@MayankPrasad111 Mostly self funded, some Chinese help.
These countries will probably invade Afghanistan to prevent them from finishing.
@@souravjaiswal-jr4bjit's being developed by a Japanese firm which is completing their contract with the previous government. But Taliban has been co-operating .
@MayankPrasad111 The talibans also have their hands on the lapis lazuli, chromium, and ruby mines of Afghanistan. The minerals extracted by the exploited workers (including children) are then sold worldwide. The Taliban regime makes dozens of millions of dollars every year from these minerals alone.
That's one of the ways they make money.
Interesting. Glad the Stan’s are making the effort to conserve water by improving the canal system/ infrastructure
This is some positive news. Everything I've watched about the Aral Sea in the last couple of years has suggested it's a completely lost cause.
Lmao it's not a lost cause. It woul all return in 5 years if they stopped removing water from the rivers 😂.
The lost cause is central Asian agriculture. Because it's not going to last one way or the other, the land is desertifying. Once they can no longer farm. The sea will retrun
Nice to hear some positive Aral news at last. It would be good if all the pictures shown were complete with dates.
Unless they completely abandon those canals, its never going to be "restored". It is a rather shallow sea in a dry area, meaning that evaporation is rather high. It will eventually stabilise when the water input and the evaporation rate equalise.
The Karakum Canal is a huge waste of water. It largely feeds into the luxurious buildings and facades in Turkmenistan. And the Karakum Canal takes away about 50% of the water from the Amu Darya River, the major source of water for the southern side of the Aral Sea. Close the Karakum Canal and the Aral Sea can be restored faster. It's like the episode of Cyberchase when the Hacker stole the town's water to feed his luxurious property. And on a side note, why haven't environmentalists raised voices for the Aral Sea? We hear a lot about global warming, but never about the destruction of the Aral Sea?
@@Moscoviya2009 All of the canal infrastructure was built up while the USSR had dominion over the region. At the time, they were built up to provide water for cotton plantations. After the disintegration of the USSR, Russia used its influence to ensure that the region remained divided in order to maintain its influence. The political boundaries of those countries make absolutely no sense at all and are pretty much the result of Russian involvement. Environmentalists did raise the alarm about the Aral Sea, but the disfunction of the region makes it pretty much impossible to get anything done.
Thank you, no one else reported this
Happy to hear this. Hope it pans out.
The old soviet mentality of centralized government/bureaucracy resulted in many such disasters both environmental/human. The lesson is that if you pay attention to politics all other problems solve themselves. Now, what do i mean by paying attention to politics?
Thank you for this information!
The white area on one of the satelite image, you erroneously assumed as a dried area is, actually, an ice, covering the lake surface.
he said looks like lol
@@paigeireland3731 3:51 he said the image that looks like 3x different lakes… Meaning it is not 3x different lakes it is the same body of water. Then proceeded to show an image of the lakes which are covered in ice but he implied that what we see is the progress already made while in reality it is pretty much the same area of water taken in summer vs winter. The interpretation he makes of these two image is inaccurate and misleading.
It is safe to assume that the Aral depression has a rate of sinking being historically matched with silt deposition until now.
The deeper the water gets the faster the lake will grow
So many miserable events worldwide and suddenly an unexpected brightness. So long as Russia doesn't decide to snatch back the central Asia republics.
Russia is in no place to snatch anything now
In geography lessons it’s still one of the biggest lakes….
Good news, Aral Sea is coming back.
This is one of the worst ecological catastrophes to ever occur.
think positive !,..yes.
shutdown those canals.
a good news
And of course this is irrigation without drainage so they're salting their fields.
Why can’t they build a temporary canal from the Caspian Sea to restore the Aral Sea?
Wide stretch of higher elevation between the 2.
Water won't flow uphill on its own, so it would require enormous amounts of constant energy expenditure to pump it
Caspian Sea is salt water as well, Aral is fresh (was) and the local ecology that lived there would need to be if it were truly going to be restored.
يمكن بناء قناة بين البحر الأسود و بحر قزوين ثم بناء قناة بين بحر آرال و بحر قزوين
2 percent did i hear right
Which is double than 1% :)
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The Aral sea is very shallow.....water loss by evaporation ......
It good for environmental purpose, but food and cotton production is also important !
Cotton is not sustainable in that region, it requires too much water. They should switch to other crops, saving water and jobs
@@fjallrav21
That is the only place where Russia can produce cotton.....maybe not a wise decision for Soviet Russia....
@@dennyli9339 there some rice cultivars which require less water and fertilisers as well
Yeah. @@fjallrav21