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The Aralkum Desert is a relatively new desert occupying the exposed bed of the former Aral Sea, located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia. It formed as Soviet-era irrigation projects diverted the rivers feeding the sea, causing it to lose most of its volume beginning in the 1960s. Th...
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Powerful environmental cautionary symbol from Aral Sea collapse; high significance despite bleak, human-made origin.
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Lumpur Lapindo, often referred to as LUSI, is a mud volcano located in the Sidoarjo regency of East Java, Indonesia. It began erupting on May 29, 2006, and continues to produce mud flow today. The disaster submerged numerous villages, factories, and infrastructure, displacing tens of thousands of re...
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Globally significant, continuously active geological disaster with immense scale and scientific attention; devastation and industrial surroundings preclude conventional scenic appeal.
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