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Butterfly Effect
Season 2 · Episode 2
Aral, a sea for cotton
0.025mOctober 15, 2017
The former Soviet Union collectivized many aspects of agricultural and industrial development in the 1950's. While some efforts were successful others like the cotton-growing around the Aral Sea have proven to be an ecological nightmare.
Episodes
- Episode 1Dunkirk, resist at all costs
- Episode 2Aral, a sea for cotton
- Episode 3Cuba, nuclear standoff
- Episode 4Constantinople, from an empire to another
- Episode 5Cortés, in the heart of Aztec empire
- Episode 6The Gold Rush, for a fistful of nuggets
- Episode 7Black Death, the invisible enemy
- Episode 8The Fronde