"For the first time in modern history, the eastern basin of the South Aral Sea has completely dried," NASA says, citing satellite photos from 2000... "For the first time in modern history, the eastern ...

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 ...

Imagine a body of water so vast that fishermen once sailed for hours without seeing land, where waves crashed against busy ...

Unless well-funded and coordinated joint efforts are stepped up, ongoing over-withdrawals compounded by climate change will cause dangerous water shortages for some 70 million people living in Central ...

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 ...

Average temperatures in the Aral basin have increased by around 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit since 1968. And the shrinking of the Aral Sea itself has affected the climate; as the water disappeared, the air ...

The Aral Sea Basin, defined in red, straddles six countries in Central Asia. About 70 million people rely on the Basin's water resources, a population greater than Thailand, France, or South Africa.

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. This blog by Matthew Naumann appeared originally in Minority Voices. The opinions expressed ...

UN, September 30. /TASS/. In his address to the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov urged UN member states to support the initiative of creating a ...

"For the first time in modern history, the eastern basin of the South Aral Sea has completely dried." That's the word from NASA, which has released images showing the progressive decline of the water ...