Rice is a pillar of Uzbekistan’s agriculture. But the climate crisis affecting the region’s two main rivers means that a shallower Amu Darya is forcing farmers to leave traditional rice-growing areas ...

Before leaving, Bakhodir realized that his native Khorezm region would soon cease to be suitable for rice growing.

Studies show that ozone depletion has been more pronounced in ... Alter weather patterns melt ice caps and raise sea levels. CFCs, while banned, persist in the atmosphere. CO2 emissions continue ...

The United States has agreed to help Russia boost its agricultural and fertiliser exports to the world market in exchange for a maritime security deal in the Black Sea. The White House ...

The deal was limited, and it was not clear when or how it would start. The Kremlin also demanded some Western sanctions be lifted first. By Constant Méheut and Ivan Nechepurenko Constant Méheut ...

UNITED NATIONS, March 26 (Reuters) - An agreement on freedom of navigation in the Black Sea to ensure the protection of civilian vessels and port infrastructure "will be a crucial contribution to ...

London — The Monday collision between a cargo ship and an oil tanker in the North Sea "has a high risk of being an environmental disaster in really important protected areas," Naomi Tilley ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Global sea ice cover reached a record low in February, with temperatures near the North Pole spiking up to 11°C above average. This decline in sea ice is ...

"This latest evidence makes it even more clear why governments must act now to stop deep sea mining before it ever starts," said Greenpeace campaigner Louise Casson. While few expect a final text ...

Deep beneath the South China Sea, researchers in China identified massive deposits of potent methane hydrates, or “flammable ice,” in 2015. Three years later, a Chinese mission successfully ...