Speaking at a meeting of the Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences, deputy director of the Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Peter Zavyalov said that the process of the Aral Sea has slowed reports RIA “Novosti» .
In its report Zav’yalov talking about human impact on water bodies, recalling that since 1960 water surface area of ??the Aral Sea has shrunk to four times, and the volume of water – ten times. This dramatically increased the salinity of the water, and now this body of water is classified ultragalinnyh. The sea itself now consists of three separate pools – separated by a causeway and a relatively prosperous northern Small Aral Sea and consisting of two parts, the Large Aral.
«The analysis … shows that the sea is now the time has come close to equilibrium, as its mirror so diminished that the evaporation decreased, too, that even a very significant residual river flows and groundwater flow can balance the Sea” – said Zav’yalov .
Despite the extremely high salinity of the water in the Aral Sea has formed its own ecosystem. “The ecosystem of the Aral Sea is very specific, but alive,” – said the scientist.
In particular, during the expedition of the Institute of Oceanology, was discovered 40 species of phytoplankton, zooplankton large mass represented mainly the only kind – crustacean Artemia parthenogenetica.
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