Aral Sea's Eastern Basin Is Dry for First Time in 600 Years. Once thriving, the vast Asian lake was drained for irrigation. By Brian Clark Howard. October 2, 2014 ...

The Aral Sea gets almost all its water from the Amu and Syr rivers. ... which could be attained with relatively reasonable irrigation improvements in the river’s drainage basin.

What a shrinking sea might teach us on life after environmental disaster. Sixty years ago, the Aral Sea began drying up, leaving salty, barren soil in its wake.

Credit: Depositphotos Prior to 1960, the Aral Sea was the fourth largest inland water reservoir in the planet, with a surface area of 66,900 square km. 1960 is a key date because it was the last ...

Who is killing the Caspian? According to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Ecology, the sea has lost more than 22,000 square kilometres (8,500 square miles) of surface area since 2006.

Aral Sea from space (Image: NASA) The environmental legacy of the Soviet Union President Tokayev of Kazakhstan has emphasised the need for decisive measures to effectively use the water resources ...

Graves are visible near the dried-up Aral Sea outside Aralsk, Kazakhstan, Monday, July 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) 31,228 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it ...

New project aims to boost agri-production in degraded areas of Aral Sea basin. The project will specifically target vulnerable communities living in the degraded areas of Karakalpakstan, a ...

At the 2025 Samarkand Climate Forum, Karakalpakstan introduced the Aral Culture Summit to spotlight recovery, history, and future development beyond the environmental crisis of the Aral Sea.