T HE ARAL SEA has long been a byword for ecological disaster. Once the world’s fourth-largest lake, it has been steadily ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Aral Sea isn’t just an ecological nightmare — it’s a carbon bomb The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was ...

Explore the environmental consequences of unsustainable farming and irrigation in some of the world’s driest regions. This ...

The Aral Sea, once among the world’s largest inland water bodies, is now one of the clearest examples of human impact on an ecosystem. Situated between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abandoned boasts in dried-up Aral Sea. Arian Zwegers via Flickr The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was once ...

The Aral Sea straddles Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and for thousands of years was fed by two major rivers, the Amu Darya and ...

In the 1960s, the world witnessed how human needs once again took precedence over those of nature. During those years, the ...

Once one of the largest lakes on Earth, the Aral Sea has become the center of one of history’s most devastating human-made ...

Scientists warn that parts of the northern Caspian could face an Aral Sea-like scenario, while climate change and human water use are adding pressure on the region. View on euronews ...