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The Aral Sea Was Once The Third Largest Body Of Fresh Water, But Today It’s The Newest Desert In The World
Lakes are an important part of any local environment, and large lakes are especially critical for things like irrigation, fishing, recreation, and even regulating the local climate. One massive body ...
The Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan was once the fourth largest lake in the world, but today the lake has all but dried. Images from NASA show how the lake has rapidly dried since 2000. "In the ...
Volunteers from other countries will be invited to take part in upcoming environmental initiatives aimed at protecting the Caspian Sea and restoring nature in the Aral Sea region, President ...
Central Asia's desiccated Aral Sea is steadily rising as Earth's mantle beneath it bulges, new research suggests. The uplift is due to the "quiet Chernobyl" environmental disaster that struck the ...
ASTANA — The second phase of the North Aral Sea preservation project, which involves the reconstruction of the Kokaral Dam to raise the sea’s water level, was discussed during a Jan. 26 meeting ...
The Aral Sea has been dying a long, slow death. This summer, another nail was driven into its coffin. Starting in the 1950s, when Soviet authorities began programs that diverted water from its ...
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. But what happens when the learned fisherman finds no fish at all? This has been one of numerous ...
ASTANA – The volume of the Northern Aral Sea is planned to increase to 34 cubic kilometers over 4-5 years, and a 191.7 ...
Five Central Asian nations once bickered over the water from regional glaciers. Now, with climate change looming, they appear ...
Kazakhstan said on Monday the northern part of the Aral Sea had nearly doubled in volume since 2008, a rare environmental success story in a region plagued by pollution. The Aral Sea between ...
Russia's Lukoil has stepped up its exploration drive in Uzbekistan's Aral Sea waters by signing two agreements with Uzbekneftegaz, Petronas, Korea National Oil Corporation Corporation (KNOC) and China ...
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