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Dank der von Kasachstan angeführten Sanierungsbemühungen gewinnt der Nordaralsee ein Drittel seines Wassers zurück

20.02.2026

clamorous_owle on 20.02.2026 10:06 a.m.

Cheers to Kazakhstan – great to hear some *good* environmental news. 🇰🇿

The disastrous „virgin lands“ program of the Soviet Union led to this environmental disaster. But where there’s a will, things can be set right again.
bjchbdelebweflw on 20.02.2026 12:32 p.m.

The soviet history of the Aral Sea is a modern tragedy that people all around the world should study. They destroyed the Aral and its surrounding environment with chemical runoffs and river diversions for the sole purpose of growing cotton.