https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22 Chapter 25: The Aral Sea: Centeral Asias Shrinking Water Source en-us 2016-04-15 17:51:21 UTC 2026-03-17 00:46:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106375832 The Aral Sea is a large lake surrounded by Moynaq, a fishing town in the Soviet Union. In 1960, it had about 40,000 people, they farmed, fished or worked in fish canaries. "All of that has changed. If you visited Moynaq today, you would find it surrounded by dust. Although a 20-foot welcome sign shows a fish and a seagull, you wouldn’t see the Aral Sea anywhere." (teachtci.com) ]]> 2016-04-18 17:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106375832 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106383639 Cotton is sometimes called ''white gold'' and it is the main crop and gives farmers a good income in the Soviet Union. The cotton was planted in a desert region in Central Asia. The government provided water to cotton farms by building dams on the Amu and Syr rivers. Now about 90% of the river's water was stored behind the dams and only 10% entered the sea. As the sea was shrinking the weather began to get hotter and winters became colder. ]]> 2016-04-18 18:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106383639 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106391950 In the year of 2001, a visitor to Moynaq described a chilling sight. Fishing boats were scattered across an abandoned desert and fiberglass, metal, rusty springs and cigarette butts were spread around all over the desert. Until 1980, many of these boats were being used before the sea began to shrink. The industries later became destroyed, today Moynaq is 90 miles from the shore line. Commercial fishing ended in 1982, fishing crews and cannery workers lost their jobs. 40,00 people once lived in Moynaq and now only 3,000 live their. ]]> 2016-04-18 18:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106391950 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106641236 About 95 million pounds of fish were harvested at the Aral Sea each year

Moynaq produced 20 million an of seafood each year and leaving the industry supporting 35,000 workers ]]> 2016-04-19 19:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106641236 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106643806 Sea life declines by strong dust storms at the bottom of the Aral Sea. The water was very useful tool to many people before 1960. But after that year the water was polluted by salt, sewage and toxic chemicals and unable to use for everyday life.  Health problems from the water are harming many people, causing tuberculosis and lung cancer. Pregnant women were getting a disease called anemia. This causes the babies to become ill before they are even born and not live until their first birthday. ]]> 2016-04-19 20:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106643806 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106644065 2016-04-19 20:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106644065 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106671273 Article/Website]]> 2016-04-20 01:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106671273 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106671578 2016-04-20 01:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106671578 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106673375 Article/Website]]> 2016-04-20 01:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106673375 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106673736 As one Moynaq resident said, “If every scientist and journalist who visited the Aral Sea brought with them a bucket of water, the sea would be filled again.”
(teachtci.com) ]]> 2016-04-20 01:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106673736 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106674429 Irrigated land is a big problem globally, but there are an abundance number of ways to fix this terrible situation. The fist cause of it is population density and climate, the hotter temperature and the more people means more water. Farmers rely on irrigation to grow large amounts of cotton, fruits and veggies.  ]]> 2016-04-20 01:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106674429 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106863517 The Aral Sea is located Central Asia and part of two countries; Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Before 1960 The Aral Sea was drinkable and was freshwater that could be used for crops. But today there are two parts, the larger part in the South, is a salty sea. The smaller part, in the North is less salty. ]]> 2016-04-20 18:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106863517 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106866420 2016-04-20 18:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106866420 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106867294 2016-04-20 19:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106867294 20robbinse https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106869323 (Mrs. J- this is a link to my video) 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2774275/Watch-one-world-s-biggest-seas-disappear-Nasa-releases-Aral-Sea-images-showing-drying-up.html#v-3813069597001]]> 2016-04-20 19:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/106869323 20scherbinga https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/107045054 I was very surprised that the ocean was shrinking.

I like your pictures.
I liked your background.

I learned that cotton is called white gold.

I am still curious about why people polluted the water?]]> 2016-04-21 15:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20robbinse/ellie22/wish/107045054