Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It's taking residents' livelihoods, too

Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It's taking residents' livelihoods, too

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Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of it has deterred Nafisa Bayniyazova and her family from making a living growing melons, pumpkins and tomatoes on farms around the Aral Sea. Bayniyazova, 50, has spent most of her life near Muynak,…

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