Scientists have described the Aral sea as the site of the worst ecological disaster on earth.

科学家们把咸海描绘成地球上生态环境最差的地方。

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A few years later, still attracted to the country, he returned to Uzbekistan to write an article about the disappearance of the Aral Sea.

几年后，他仍对乌兹别克斯坦心生向往，于是回到了这个国家并写了一篇关于咸海消失的文章。

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The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all.

实际上，咸海根本就不是海，而是一个满是淡水而又广袤的湖泊。

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Some of the book's most dramatic satellite images document the shrinkage of the Aral Sea.

NPR: Book Takes Wide-Angle View of a Changing Planet

The Aral Sea was dried up by upstream diversions of water for vast areas of irrigation.

ECONOMIST: Letters

Over the last 30 years the Aral Sea has shrunk to a fraction of its former size.

BBC: The Aral Sea crisis