Known as the Kokaral Dam, the dike cuts across a narrow stretch of the sea, ... The Aral Sea used to be one of the world’s largest inland bodies of water. Now, it's disappearing.

But it would take a miracle to bring the sea back to Moynak, and the Kokaral dam is one reason for that. “It is helping to save the Small Aral sea,” says FitzGerald. “But it was also a death ...

The Little Aral Sea has lost a third of its water. Kazakh fishermen, whose livelihoods are becoming more difficult every year, ... [Dike Kokaral Dam] in 2005. At first, ...

Yet 10 cu km were needed just to keep the sea as it was, let alone to reverse its plight. The situation of the southern part of the sea he described as "disastrous". Heedless cultivation. One foreign ...

After the dam was built and the water began to return to the northern part of the Aral Sea, people started to return. These were mainly unemployed youngsters who hoped to survive by fishing.

Known as the Kokaral Dam, the dike cuts across a narrow stretch of the sea, conserving and gathering water from the Syr Darya River. The dike surpassed expectations, leading to an increase of over ...

Known as the Kokaral Dam, the dike cuts across a narrow stretch of the sea, conserving and gathering water from the Syr Darya River. The dike surpassed expectations, leading to an increase of over ...

MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of it has deterred Nafisa Bayniyazova and her family from making a ...

Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It's taking residents' livelihoods, too ...

MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of it has deterred Nafisa Bayniyazova and her family from making a ...

MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of it has deterred Nafisa Bayniyazova and her family from making a ...