When it comes to man-made disasters it’s still hard to top the Aral Sea disaster (for now); created by the Soviets in their attempt to turn some of their annexed territories (the Stans of Central Asia) into productive cotton growing regions. It worked.
Michael Robert Powell is from New Zealand but he's lived out of a backpack most of his adult life, exploring 100+ countries & territories, since 1988 ... Today, he continues this crazed, minimalist, global-nomadic existence in pursuit of knowledge, fun, and freedom. → Read more
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