When Maria Zadneprovskaya first saw the Aral Sea in 2021, she was overcome by a ... had largely disappeared by the late 1970s, as the rivers feeding it were diverted for irrigation in the Soviet ...

Due to climate change and other factors, water levels are plummeting. Learn what could help and why it’s so important to ...

The Aral Sea straddles Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and for thousands of years was fed by two major rivers, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya. Having no outflow, the sea’s water level was maintained ...

Efforts to save the Aral Sea have required close cooperation between the five former Soviet republics of Central Asia, who set annual water quotas for the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, the two rivers ...

Kazakhstan said on Monday the northern part of the Aral Sea had nearly doubled in volume since 2008, a rare environmental success story in a region plagued by pollution. The Aral Sea between ...

Efforts to save the Aral Sea have required close cooperation between the five former Soviet republics of Central Asia, who set annual water quotas for the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, the two rivers ...