The Aral Sea was rapidly shrinking, due to excessive farming and irrigation. As a result of the drought, the water level in the Aral Sea plummeted, and the once fertile sea became a barren wasteland.

The Aral Sea is drying out, one of the most severe ecological disasters caused by humans. The region has been devastated, but ...

Here is the famous Steppe, the dry grass-land, the never-ending plain stretching across Eurasia from China to Hungary. Rainfall is too limited for trees to grow. The climate is harsh, with hot ...

The Aral Sea was once the size of Ireland and surrounded by fishing villages. Today, it's a toxic desert because of Russian irrigation and hydropower projects ...

ASTANA – The International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) approved the work plan for the period of Kazakhstan’s ...

Pollution, climate change and its overuse are threatening the existence of one of the most unique stretches of water in the ...

A wonderfully sunny day and it turns out that there are going to be several dry days to some giving us a chance to go outside ...

Lake Koronia, one of largest in Greece, is shrinking after a prolonged drought and a summer of record-breaking temperatures, ...

The health of the Great Salt Lake is directly tied to that of the millions of people who live near it, but our leaders are ...

Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Sept. 4 that Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology Sattar ...