The Aral School is challenging disaster-only narratives by showing how local knowledge is helping communities adapt to life after the Aral Sea’s retreat https://ow.ly/WSfS50ZPGfl #AralSea #Karakalpakstan #AralSchool #DisasterAdaptation #WaterConservation #PostDisasterRecovery #Uzbekistan

Applications are open for the Aral School’s next six-month residency in Nukus where participants will study climate and landscape in the shadow of the Aral Sea disaster https://ow.ly/S95Z50ZP2Cp #AralSea #Karakalpakstan #AralSeaResidency #ClimateStudy #Nukus #AralSeaProject #Uzbekistan

#WarIsExpensive

In 1988 ... huge vats of #Soviet #anthrax spores were mixed with bleach and transported to #Aralsk, on the #AralSea ...

Then transported to #Vozrozhdeniya ...

100 to 200 tons of anthrax slurry was hastily dumped in pits and forgotten ...

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