Scientists have described the Aral sea as the site of the worst ecological disaster on earth.

科学家们把咸海描绘成地球上生态环境最差的地方。

The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all.

实际上，咸海根本就不是海，而是一个满是淡水而又广袤的湖泊。

Can what remains of the Aral Sea be saved?

残留的咸海还能得救吗？

By 2000 the Northern and Southern Aral Sea had already separated.

2000年的时候咸海的北部和南部水域就已经断开。

This is not good but not so bad as for the Aral Sea and Mesopotamia.

对于咸海与美索不达米亚地区而言，这不是好消息，但也不是那么糟糕。