Brutal Soviet-era farming practices severely damaged the Aral Sea's delicate ecosystem. Now ecologists are planting saplings ...

Brutal Soviet-era farming practices severely damaged the Aral Sea's delicate ecosystem. Now ecologists are planting saplings ...

Alexander the Great's empire spanned much of the known world, but historians are still debating whether he knew about the Aral Sea.

This article explores the causes and consequences of desertification in Kazakhstan, highlighting the urgent need for ...

The Aral Sea started to shrink in the 1960s when the ... He remembers the illnesses that were specific to the region: "Respiratory problems, tuberculosis and kidney problems were widespread.

The Aral Sea straddles Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and ... but sporadic outbreaks of plague afflict the surrounding region. As we continue toward the sea, we pass dozens of oil and natural gas ...

The region’s vital water resources – such as the Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, and the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers – are rapidly ...

Alim Sailybaev knows how to drive change: he is literally developing Kazakhstan’s voluntary carbon credit market from seed. And he is doing it on the parched bed of the Aral Sea. When we meet at ...

A month-long state of emergency has been declared in Karakalpakstan, an autonomous, mostly desert region near the Aral Sea of just under two million people in Uzbekistan, a country of 32 million ...

which have triggered public opinion and eventually helped in reviving a smaller version of the Aral Sea. However, there are currently increasing pressures all over the region for more water for ...

List the major impacts on the environment and health. For more information, show pupils the following clips about the impact of the cotton industry on the Aral Sea area in the 1990s.