The Caspian Sea is shrinking at an alarming rate, a crisis now visible to the naked eye and driven by climate change and ...

The drying of one of the world’s largest lakes is among the greatest human-made disasters to ever impact the Earth’s surface.

Located between Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea is the world’s largest landlocked body ...

For at least the past six years, the Caspian Sea has been visibly retreating. Considered to be the world’s largest lake, the Caspian Sea is a remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea and covers an area ...

What remains of the Aral Sea is a dust-blown basin, scattered with rusting ships and salt-crusted soil. What began as a Soviet-era irrigation project in the 1960s has become a long shadow cast ...

At the 2025 Samarkand Climate Forum, Karakalpakstan introduced the Aral Culture Summit to spotlight recovery, history, and future development beyond the environmental crisis of the Aral Sea.

Despite the grim outlook for much of the Aral basin, some positive developments have emerged. The Small Aral Sea , located in northern Kazakhstan, is visible in the satellite image as a partially ...

Aral Culture Summit (ACS), a cultural and environmental initiative to revitalise the Aral Sea region in Central Asia will take place from 4-6 April 2025. Organised by the Uzbekistan Art and ...

Aral Culture Summit (ACS), a cultural and environmental initiative to revitalise the Aral Sea region in Central Asia will take place from 4-6 April 2025. Organised by the Uzbekistan Art and Culture ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 2. The European Union (EU) is preparing to launch a significant environmental project in Uzbekistan in 2025 aimed at restoring degraded lands in the lower Aral Sea basin ...

The Aral Sea, in Central Asia, used to be the fourth largest lake in the world, after the Caspian Sea, and Lakes Superior and Victoria. ... The Western basin accounts for another 5%.

This transformation introduces sand, salt, and dust across the Aral Sea Basin, causing salty dust storms that carry toxic pesticides from cotton fields, leading to respiratory issues, ...