The Aral Sea Encyclopedia

• Main Authors: Zonn, Igor S. (Author), Glantz, Michael H. (Author), Kostianoy, Andrey G. (Author), Kosarev, Aleksey N. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Historical geology.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Physical geography.; Ecology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Ecotoxicology.; Earth Sciences.; Historical Geology.; Physical Geography.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

The situation of the Aral Sea is known as one of the worst man-made environmental crises of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Many have seen the satellite photos evidencing the startling shrinkage and deterioration of the sea, as it was a few decades ago and how it appears today. Whereas the...