The Aral Sea Tragedy: A Current Problem of Today's World

The article discusses the factors that led to the drying up of the Aral Sea, which is the fourth largest in the world (after the Caspian Sea, Lake Superior in America, and Lake Victoria in Africa) and the second largest on the Eurasian continent (after the Caspian), the changes that have occurred in the lives of the population living along the seashore, and the fact that this ecological disaster has become an urgent problem not only for the peoples of Central Asia, but also for the whole world, and provides recommendations for improving the current state of the sea and preventing salt and sand migration.