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During the last three decades of the twentieth century, mankind has suffered many serious disasters. Not least among these is the ecological crisis afflicting the Aral Sea. The essence of the Aral Sea crisis is the following: a rapid deterioration in environmental quality; the degradation of ecosystems and their components in the Aral Sea basin; a deterioration in the state of health of the population; a slowdown in economic efficiency; and a rise of social tension.
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Kamalov, S.K. (1996). Climatic and ecological effects of the environmental changes in the Aral Sea zone on Karakalpakstan. In: Micklin, P.P., Williams, W.D. (eds) The Aral Sea Basin. NATO ASI Series, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61182-7_10
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