Aral Sea Disaster

An assignment given in another class this semester required us to choose a design flaw or problem which was caused by our own actions. After researching a handful of topics, I chose the Aral Sea Disaster which has been occurring up until the past decade and is only recently being reversed. Back In the 1950's, Soviet Leaders decided on a water divergent system to improve their crop output percentage. By diverting the water runoff that fed into the Aral Sea, they were able to accomplish this. Over the years, visible evidence showed a large decrease in the water level of the Aral Sea, and led to its division into multiple sections. My research Paper covers topics such as design flaws, greed, and our own misjudgment. It was a very interesting research topic because of how much those involved actually knew beforehand, yet continued through with their initial plan. The area in blue shows the current water level as of 2008, while the area in gray was the water level in 1960.