These satellite images show how humans made the Aral Sea …
2020年2月21日 · The Aral Sea was once the world’s fourth-largest lake, but an irrigation project drained nearly all the water. The consequences include the loss of a fishing industry, salt …
These pictures show how much the Caspian Sea is shrinking
2022年11月8日 · Research suggests that the level of the lake has been dropping for some time, as the chart below shows. These dropping levels are bad news for planet and people. For …
Is fashion bad for the environment? | World Economic Forum
2020年1月31日 · Cotton farming used up so much water from the Aral Sea that it dried up after about 50 years Image: NASA Fashion causes water-pollution problems, too. Textile dyeing is …
Could blockchain be the key that unlocks the SDGs? - The World …
2021年10月14日 · One example is that of the Aral Sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The rivers that feed the lake have been diverted, causing it to shrink by 90% since the 1960s. As …
7 ways to break the fast fashion habit - and save the planet
2019年2月22日 · Intensive cotton farming in Central Asia is partly responsible for the drying up of the Aral Sea - once one of the four biggest lakes in the world, but now known as the Aralkum …
How will climate change impact the Caspian Sea? - The World …
2021年1月5日 · By the end of the 21st century, the Caspian Sea is forecast to be nine metres to 18 metres lower. This could result in an 'ecocide' as devastating as the one in the Aral Sea, a …
Here's how Ukraine is protecting its conservation legacy
2023年2月27日 · Under Stalin, the USSR famously dried up the Aral Sea by diverting rivers for cotton irrigation, and in Ukraine it dumped industrial pollution into the Dnieper River. Although …
Sand mining: how it impacts the environment and solutions
2023年9月21日 · “If a river delta receives enough sediment, it builds itself above sea level in a natural reaction.” What can be done to avoid a sand crisis? While pressure on governments to …
What is desertification and why is it important to understand?
2024年9月26日 · In the 1960s, the area was covered by the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea. Since then, it has shrunk to a tenth of its former size, with only three small, highly …
How these floating 'Seabins' can help clean up our waters
2022年9月23日 · About 8 million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in our ocean every year, and forecasts suggest this could double by 2025 if we don't take drastic action.