and future development beyond the environmental crisis of the Aral Sea. Mention the Aral Sea or search for it online, and apocalyptic scenes appear. A lake once so vast it is still called a sea ...

Once the world's fourth-largest lake, the Aral Sea is now a barren wasteland. This is the story of its dramatic collapse—one of the worst environmental disasters in history.

China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area.

The Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-largest lake, is now not only a dried-out ecological ruin but the source of an extraordinary geological ripple. A new study in Nature Geoscience reveals ...

Until the 1960s, the Aral Sea was one of the largest inland reservoirs ... The Large Aral was located in the south, still on the border, and the Small Aral was now completely in Kazakhstan.

Tensions continue in the South China Sea, most recently between China and the Philippines. China has been extending its reach in the South China Sea by building artificial islands atop reefs.

In response to a media inquiry that Google Maps now shows the label "West Philippine Sea," whereas it previously displayed "South China Sea," with some reports claiming that this change helps ...

Under these conditions, with current commitments, there would be about a foot of sea-level rise by 2050 in South Florida. The analysis used to create the interactive map comes from 234 climate ...