Robert Chamberlin Watercolor Paintings
  • Robert Chamberlin
  • Paintings
    • Climate Change
    • Travels >
      • Mexico 2016
    • Inspiration from Others
    • Second College Grant
    • Curated by Andrew Wyeth
    • Vermont >
      • BTV
  • Murals
  • Musings
  • Purchase
  • Contact

The Shrinking Sea

4/11/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Once the fourth largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea began to shrink in the 1960s. Russian engineers diverted the rivers feeding the sea to vast desert irrigation projects in areas north of what is now Kazakhstan. 

Some consider the shrinking of the Aral Sea one of the planet's worst environmental disasters. The region's once-prosperous fishing industry has been destroyed. 

Today, the Aral Sea consist of 4 separate, highly polluted lakes.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Author

    Robert Chamberlin lives in Burlington, Vermont. By day he walks to his work as an engineer. By evenings,  weekends, and travel, he enjoys art, particularly paintings of all types. These are observations on art and life.

    Archives

    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014

    Categories

    All
    Musings On Art

    RSS Feed

Robert Chamberlin Paintings and Musings

Proudly powered by Weebly