Scenarios about 'Aral Sea'
The Aral Sea was once the fourth-largest lake in the world, located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, before suffering catastrophic shrinkage due to Soviet irrigation projects beginning in the 1960s. This ecological disaster resulted in the collapse of fishing industries, climate changes in the region, and widespread health problems from toxic dust storms, serving as a stark warning about human-caused environmental modification in alternate history scenarios.
What If The Aral Sea Disaster Was Prevented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Soviet planners recognized the ecological consequences of their irrigation schemes, preventing one of the worst environmental catastrophes in human history.
What If The Aral Sea Never Dried Up?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Soviet irrigation projects didn't devastate Central Asia's Aral Sea, preserving one of the world's largest inland bodies of water and the ecological and economic systems that depended on it.