Little bit of good news. The volume of water in the Aral has tripled in the last 10 years. This is largely due to changes in irrigation practices and some improvements in infrastructure in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and to a lesser extent the other nations of the basin.

The North Aral was split from the South with the construction of the Kokaral Dam, to give the North some chance to survive. Now that the North is recovering it is hoped that some time in the next ten years, flooding of the south will be permitted.

USAid and European Aid agencies have been working with the Kazakh and Uzbek governments to restore vegetation that will aid the recovery.
https://kz.usembassy.gov/usg-celebrates-oasis-project-to-restore-aral-sea-ecosystem/
https://en.inform.kz/news/eu-to-launch-project-in-uzbekistan-in-2025-to-revitalize-aral-sea-basin-lands-56c101/

https://youtu.be/QzGWRFDSEaU?si=lMrZFKyUiHgcbhrG

Kazakhstan is the world’s largest landlocked country.

Camels sheltering by rusting boats, Aral Sea.

June 2023. Fishermen Ali Shadilov, left, and Anvar Saimbetov pose in front of an old boat in the area where the Aral Sea once was in Muynak, Uzbekistan.

Bubblecar said:

Camels sheltering by rusting boats, Aral Sea.

IIJM or do those camels have weirdly pointy humps?

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

Camels sheltering by rusting boats, Aral Sea.

IIJM or do those camels have weirdly pointy humps?

Probably depleted of fat. When they get empty enough the humps flop over.

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

Camels sheltering by rusting boats, Aral Sea.

IIJM or do those camels have weirdly pointy humps?

Probably depleted of fat. When they get empty enough the humps flop over.

Wikipedia says there are two species of bactrian camels that diverged about a million years ago. These are likely Wild Bactrian camels (Camelus ferus) rather than the domestic ones (Camelus bactrianus). Apparently there are only around 950 C. ferus still in existence, so we are all more used to looking at (C. bactrianus) with their plump round humps.

“There are several differences in size and shape between the two species. The wild Bactrian camel is slightly smaller than the domestic Bactrian camel and has been described as “lithe, and slender-legged, with very narrow feet and a body that looks laterally compressed.” The humps of the wild Bactrian camel are smaller, lower, and more conical in shape than those of the domestic Bactrian camel. These humps may often be about half the size of those of a domesticated Bactrian camel. The wild Bactrian camel has a different shape of foot and a flatter skull (the Mongolian name for a wild Bactrian camel, havtagai, means “flat-head”).”

esselte said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

IIJM or do those camels have weirdly pointy humps?

Probably depleted of fat. When they get empty enough the humps flop over.

Wikipedia says there are two species of bactrian camels that diverged about a million years ago. These are likely Wild Bactrian camels (Camelus ferus) rather than the domestic ones (Camelus bactrianus). Apparently there are only around 950 C. ferus still in existence, so we are all more used to looking at (C. bactrianus) with their plump round humps.

“There are several differences in size and shape between the two species. The wild Bactrian camel is slightly smaller than the domestic Bactrian camel and has been described as “lithe, and slender-legged, with very narrow feet and a body that looks laterally compressed.” The humps of the wild Bactrian camel are smaller, lower, and more conical in shape than those of the domestic Bactrian camel. These humps may often be about half the size of those of a domesticated Bactrian camel. The wild Bactrian camel has a different shape of foot and a flatter skull (the Mongolian name for a wild Bactrian camel, havtagai, means “flat-head”).”

There you are then, ta.

esselte said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

IIJM or do those camels have weirdly pointy humps?

Probably depleted of fat. When they get empty enough the humps flop over.

Wikipedia says there are two species of bactrian camels that diverged about a million years ago. These are likely Wild Bactrian camels (Camelus ferus) rather than the domestic ones (Camelus bactrianus). Apparently there are only around 950 C. ferus still in existence, so we are all more used to looking at (C. bactrianus) with their plump round humps.

“There are several differences in size and shape between the two species. The wild Bactrian camel is slightly smaller than the domestic Bactrian camel and has been described as “lithe, and slender-legged, with very narrow feet and a body that looks laterally compressed.” The humps of the wild Bactrian camel are smaller, lower, and more conical in shape than those of the domestic Bactrian camel. These humps may often be about half the size of those of a domesticated Bactrian camel. The wild Bactrian camel has a different shape of foot and a flatter skull (the Mongolian name for a wild Bactrian camel, havtagai, means “flat-head”).”

All very interesting

Bubblecar said:

June 2023. Fishermen Ali Shadilov, left, and Anvar Saimbetov pose in front of an old boat in the area where the Aral Sea once was in Muynak, Uzbekistan.

That’s a nice pic

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

June 2023. Fishermen Ali Shadilov, left, and Anvar Saimbetov pose in front of an old boat in the area where the Aral Sea once was in Muynak, Uzbekistan.

That’s a nice pic

The water has gone.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

June 2023. Fishermen Ali Shadilov, left, and Anvar Saimbetov pose in front of an old boat in the area where the Aral Sea once was in Muynak, Uzbekistan.

That’s a nice pic

The water has gone.

Well that’s true

roughbarked said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

June 2023. Fishermen Ali Shadilov, left, and Anvar Saimbetov pose in front of an old boat in the area where the Aral Sea once was in Muynak, Uzbekistan.

That’s a nice pic

The water has gone.

so people do die if the river collapses despite what those anti bridge fellas say

SCIENCE said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

That’s a nice pic

The water has gone.

so people do die if the river collapses despite what those anti bridge fellas say

I think I need more context.

SCIENCE said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

That’s a nice pic

The water has gone.

so people do die if the river collapses despite what those anti bridge fellas say

Something along those lines if that’s where you want to go with it.

dv said:

SCIENCE said:

roughbarked said:

The water has gone.

so people do die if the river collapses despite what those anti bridge fellas say

I think I need more context.

Boris posted some quote from a fella who was throwing shade on bridge construction and preferred to swim across rivers so claimed that although people die when bridges collapse nobody does from river collapses.

dv said:

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USAid and European Aid agencies have been working with the Kazakh and Uzbek governments to restore vegetation that will aid the recovery.

Remember USAid? Happy times.

Bubblecar said:

Camels sheltering by rusting boats, Aral Sea.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

June 2023. Fishermen Ali Shadilov, left, and Anvar Saimbetov pose in front of an old boat in the area where the Aral Sea once was in Muynak, Uzbekistan.

That’s a nice pic

The water has gone.

Putin !!!!!!!