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Central Asia’s Ticking Time Bomb: Water

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Omerserik Ibragimov heads out to put his nets in the water for fish on the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan.

The Aral Sea has nearly disappeared over the last 60 years. Now, its source rivers are depleting.

View the full project: https://apps.npr.org/aral-sea-shrinking-map/

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