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

Soviet planners wanted to turn Central Asia into the world’s largest producer of cotton, and for a period in the 1980s Uzbekistan did grow more than any other country. Jetty on the Small Aral Sea ...

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

The lecture, titled “Political Economies of Central Asia,” offered a comprehensive and analytical look at the dynamic ...

Have you ever stood in a place where the ground is cracked and dry, and tried to imagine it once teeming with life, green fields, ... Read more The post 12 Drought Zones That Were Lush 50 Years Ago ...

Access to safe water and food is linked to global, regional and local climate changes. In some areas swift changes have entailed serious health-related consequences. An alarming example is found in ...

Stihia Festival attracts thousands to Muynak, Uzbekistan, spotlighting the Aral Sea’s environmental crisis while blending electronic music, art, and local culture on the site of a vanished sea.

The Aral Sea has lost about 90% of its volume since the 1960s, the most dramatic man-made environmental disaster in history. The drying of the Aral Sea has increased temperature extremes in the ...

In recent years, more than 2 million hectares of vegetation have been planted on the dried seabed of the Aral Sea in Karakalpakstan, a region once known for its ecological devastation.