https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg By: Alexis Armenta & Harold Lopez 4/14/16 Period: 1 en-us 2016-04-14 15:16:16 UTC 2025-10-19 14:16:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/109251343/747208d9b9d4df69f5238287f285a9d0cc108b34/bc52fdfb044f2c2dff6f16016dc9f898.jpg 339925 https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg/wish/105832989 2016-04-14 15:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg/wish/105832989 339925 https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg/wish/105918617 Human Environment Interaction is when humans interact with the ecosystem then begin to adapt to the wild life. In the 1960s, the Aral Sea (in Russia and its Republics) had lost about 80 percent of its water due to us humans. Since cotton growers used pesticides and fertilizers for the cotton, the chemicals were being picked up from runoff causing it to run down into the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya (Rivers that fed the Aral Sea). These rivers delivered nearly 13 cubic miles of water to the Aral Sea every year. But now most of this Sea is now land. Not only was it the chemicals is fault but also Russian officials because they began to take large amounts of  water from the rivers to irrigate Central Asia's cotton fields. A big project hit, it was a canal called the Kara Kum which took so much water from the rivers that fed the Aral to slow down its water system. Due to this action of movement, the sea began to evaporate into the atmosphere. All of these actions occurred through the 1950s to the 1960s. Millions of gallons of water lost from a Sea in just 10 years! Human-Environment Interaction was not all bad because there was a massive undertaking project that would make profit. It was a train that traveled from Ukraine onto Trans-Siberian tracks and towards Vladivostok. This train crosses seven time zones and approximately 70,000 workers moved 77 million cubic feet of the earth, has also cleared more than 100,000 acres of forest. 
This picture shows how the Aral Sea was before humans started invading this Sea.]]> 2016-04-14 22:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg/wish/105918617 339925 https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg/wish/105921023 Since the Aral had lost most of its water because of the chemicals, windstorms began to form. The windstorms would pick up the chemicals and dump them onto nearby populations. All type of disease were being catch because of all the chemical. Diseases like: throat cancer and respiratory diseases. This has caused child mortality rates in Central Asia to be the highest in the world. Scientists believe that it is estimated to be that to keep the Sea at it's present levels then they must remove about 9 of the 18 million acres of used farming. This may not be able to be done though because many farmers depend on those acres of farming for their livelihood. But many oppose that these drastic measures can save the Aral. As for the 5,700 mile train, it had not been created for speed travel but to populate Siberia in order to make profit from its many resources. Ten years after the completion in 1904, nearly five million settlers, mainly peasant farmers, had taken the railway from Eurasia to settle in Siberia. As migrants began to stream into Siberia, resources, such as coal and iron ore began to pour out. Later in the years, the railroad aided the political and economic development of Russia and the Republics. 
This is a picture of the Trans Siberian Railroad passing a cold region.]]> 2016-04-14 23:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg/wish/105921023 362485 https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg/wish/105923518 Since the 1906's irrigation polices in Central Asia have have had a dramatic impact on the Aral Sea. It has lost about 80% of it's water, Central Asian leaders now face one of the earths greatest environmental tragedies. The Aral Sea receives most of it's water from two main rivers the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya. The sea began to evaporate in the 1950's. The official's began to take large amounts of waters from the river to irrigate Central Asia's cotton fields. Large scale irrigation projects like the 850 mile long Kara Kum canal took a very high amount of water into the Aral slowed to a trickle and the sea began to evaporate. Scientist predict that to even keep the the lake at its present levels you would need to remove 9 of the 18 million acres that are used now for farming (50%). Throughout the years since the year of 2000 the Aral Sea has been dissapearing more and more each year and up to this year 2013 there's almost nothing left of it. 
This picture shows how the water from the Aral Sea has been disappeaing over the years.]]> 2016-04-15 00:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg/wish/105923518 362485 https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg/wish/105924913 Agriculture practices have also affected the Aral Sea. Cotton growers used pesticides and fertilizers , these chemicals were being picked up by runoff rainfall not absorbed by the soil that runs into streams and rivers. The runoff eventually carried the chemicals into the rivers that feed the Aral Sea and resulted with devastating effects. Out of the 24 native species of fish not one species is left , there's none to this day because of chemicals and pollution that killed them. Soon after that the damage spread beyond the lake, the waters of the Aral Sea exposed fertilizers and pesticides , as well as the salt. Windstorms began to pick up these substances and dump them in nearby populations to try and clear out the sea. Even though Russia has a lot of negative effects to its land because of agriculture it is one of the most competitive food exporters in the world. Russia mainly exports crops, vegetables, oil, meat, fish, and any other seafood , that's what helps Russia's agricultural exports reach up to almost 20 million in the year of 2015]]> 2016-04-15 00:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg/wish/105924913 362485 https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg/wish/106035991 -In  the early 1800s, the armies of the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte were taking control of Europe
-In the spring of 1812, Napoleon decided to extend his control of land by deciding to control Russia. 
-Napoleon had failed due to Russia's "General Winter"
-In 1891, workers began to clear 77 million cubic feet of the earth 
-In 1903, 70,000 workers had already set up the travel ways for the train
-In 1904, nearly five million settlers had taken the railway from European Russia to settle in Siberia
-In the 1950s, officials began to take out large amounts of water from the Aral Sea
-In the 1960s, the Aral Sea had lost 80 percent of its water
This is a picture showing how humans have started life in one of Russia's challenging regions. ]]> 2016-04-15 15:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/362485/cb71qfkeemgg/wish/106035991