The drying up of the Aral Sea has made Central Asia 7% dustier in the last 30 years. Between 1984 and 2015, dust emissions from the growing desert almost doubled from 14 to 27 million tons.

The bush is native to Central Asia and is a psammophyte ... raised the water level in the North Aral Sea to 42 meters, and ...

When Alexander the Great conquered this territory in the fourth century B.C., these rivers already had a long history of providing lifeblood to Central Asia. For centuries the Aral Sea and its ...

Uzbekistan’s future in the critical minerals market will not be defined by its abundance of resources, but by the policies it enacts to ensure an economic boom does not come at the cost of ...

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 ...

A CEE Bankwatch background report stressed that the evaporation of the Aral Sea was caused by extensive damming on the middle and lower portions of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, Central Asia’s ...

The abandoned vessels and a few rotting signs are the only remains of the port city that once stood on the banks of the Aral Sea. The water disappeared decades ago.

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 ...

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, March 17. The Samarkand Climate Forum will take place on April 4-5, 2025, bringing together global ...

New finds in Central Asia, however, have led to many observers predicting the ... Tethys was the first company to discover oil immediately to the west of the Aral Sea. Tethys was the first company to ...