The Aral Sea - A Tear Drop on Mother Earth


	The Aral Sea - A Tear Drop on Mother Earth

syncopath

8-1-2008 1:47 PM

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syncopath says:

"The Aral Sea is not an isolated case almost all the lakes in the world are under threat of faulty development agenda of the short sighted governments and in various stages of degradation. If the Aral Sea model opens anybody’s eye it would be of immense good for the generations to come."

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10-16-2008 3:31 AM

keeth

http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/15/worlds-4th-largest-lake-almost-gone/

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