Summary
- The Aral Sea, once a vast saline lake in Central Asia, has drastically shrunk due to diversion of river water for agriculture.
- The sea’s disappearance is considered one of the most staggering disasters of the 20th century by the UN Environment Programme.
- Above The Fray Fellow Valerie Kipnis explores what went wrong and potential solutions to save what little water remains.
- This episode was produced by Justine Yan and edited by Jenny Schmidt, with engineering by Gilly Moon.