← on nowLGR-068 · v0.1.0 · model · count the aral sea: the year you were born, and now
the aral sea · once the fourth largest lake on earth
born 1950 68 000 → 8 000 km² it was drained for cotton. deliberately. within your lifetime.
method NASA Earth Observatory / UNEP surface area by decade.
born 1970 60 000 → 8 000 km² it has lost 87% of its area since you were born.
the rivers that fed it were diverted to irrigate cotton. it is the clearest example of a lake we chose to lose.
born 1990 37 000 → 8 000 km² it has lost 78% of its area since you were born.
the rivers that fed it were diverted to irrigate cotton. it is the clearest example of a lake we chose to lose.
born 2010 14 000 → 8 000 km² it has lost 43% of its area since you were born.
the rivers that fed it were diverted to irrigate cotton. it is the clearest example of a lake we chose to lose.
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=the%20aral%20sea" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · the aral sea"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- NASA Earth Observatory / UNEP surface area by decade.
- range
- ±10%
- confidence
- count
- weakness
- the sea has fragmented; 'area' is the sum of the remnants.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-068 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0