The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) has awarded its David Henderson Inspiring Journey grant ...

Map showing the location and spatial pattern of elevation (a) and distribution of Land use (b) in the Aral sea basin. Credit: Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-62802-9 The Aral Sea, ...

The Aral Sea disaster began in the 1960s, with the introduction of inadequate irrigation systems to support increased agriculture in the region during the Soviet era. Over time, ageing and ...

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 ...

President Tokayev of Kazakhstan has emphasised the need for decisive measures to effectively use the water resources of the Aral sea. Solving this problem - inherited from the Soviet Union - requires ...

The Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-largest lake, continues to show signs of geological changes long after its environmental collapse. The geological research conducted recently shows that the dried ...

Entering the Anthropocene, humans are confronted with a grim yet peculiar state of increasing natural landscapes inching closer to extinction. Notably, the Aral Sea retains a mere 10% of its original ...

Afghanistan is rapidly constructing the Qosh Tepa Canal, a waterway meant to help irrigate more than 500,000 hectares of its arid northern regions, for which it will redirect 20–30% of the Amu Darya ...