Water is the most fundamental strategic resource in Central Asia. It underpins agriculture energy production food security ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, January 23. Turkmenistan and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) discussed prospects for deepening cooperation in sustainable ...

Five Central Asian nations once bickered over the water from regional glaciers. Now, with climate change looming, they appear ...

Explore the Aral Sea's tragic destruction due to Soviet cotton production. Learn about the ecological disaster, water diversion, and the impact on Central Asia.

The architect Suchi Reddy designed a weekend home on a cliff in the famed planned community to help Ivy Ross, a Google executive, get out of her mind and into her body. Credit...Adam Potts Supported ...

Mirtalipova’s parable-like account of the Aral Sea’s dwindling waters makes for a startling story of ecological change. A series of seven opening maps chronologically establishes the dramatic ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. As recently as the 1960's the Aral Sea of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan was the fourth-largest inland sea in the world.

Simon Goodman has provided advice to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Caspian seal conservation, and in the past has conducted research and advised oil and gas companies in the ...

Cotton nanofibers strengthen MXene membranes and boost ion selectivity, enabling efficient and durable conversion of saltwater and freshwater mixing into usable electricity at commercially viable ...

Energy and trade on the Caspian Sea remain very important for the region’s, and even the world’s, growth and prosperity. The Caspian region, a vital geopolitical crossroads and emerging trade artery, ...