The small head is the Small Aral - and the Kokaral dam was built in 2005 at the narrow neck. It’s 13km long, and about the height of a two-storey building - and it has allowed the surface of the ...

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.

Once the world's fourth-largest lake, the Aral Sea is now a barren wasteland. This is the story of its dramatic collapse—one of the worst environmental disasters in history.

With representatives from over 30 countries and 20 international organisations, the Eco Expo Central Asia 2025 served as a platform showcasing technologies and setting new policy directions.

Uzbekistan has announced two major environmental initiatives: the expansion of ecological recovery projects in Karakalpakstan, the region most affected by the Aral Sea crisis and the upcoming launch ...

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.

The Aral Sea has been used as an irrigation source for at least 3,000 years without consequence to the lake. However, starting in the 1960s, the Soviet government under Nikita Khrushchev began to ...

The world's largest landlocked body of water, the Caspian Sea, is evaporating at an alarming pace. Since the 1990s, its level has fallen by more than 3 metres. With ports drying up, fishing in ...

At the heart of the Sea Life aquarium experience is a 180-degree ocean tunnel that is the “theme park under the sea.” The tunnel is specifically structured so even little ones can stand eye-to ...