The plan has helped local fisheries up their annual catch total to 8,000 tons. Dwindling body of water makes stunning ...

This spot was once the tip of a peninsula jutting into the Aral Sea, which up until the 1960s was the world’s fourth largest inland body of water, covering some 26,000 square miles—an area ...

A photojournalist’s pitch turned into a project that took this team to a remote area rarely covered by news outlets Photojournalist Ebrahim Noroozi had a vision when he pitched a story on the Aral Sea ...

When Maria Zadneprovskaya first saw the Aral Sea in 2021, she was overcome by a raw, deep sadness. "It felt like a real catastrophe," says the environmental expert, walking across the dried seabed ...

The commission published data separately for Central Asia’s two major water sources, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers.

Barsa-Kelmes was an island in the Aral Sea. It takes its name from the Kazakh phrase 'the land of no return', and it is steeped in legends of paranormal phenomena. One thing is for sure ...