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It’s raining salt

Tuesday, June 26, 2018 - 12:00am

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Salt has been falling from the skies in northern Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. It's from the seabed of the former Aral Sea, which is now a salty, toxic desert. The BBC's Rustam Qobil describes a project that aims to stabilize the soil by planting trees on the dry seabed.