Once one of the worlds largest inland lakes, Asia's Aral Sea has evaporated into desert, dried by Soviet era irrigation plans. One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores of the Aral Sea.

as the Northern Aral Sea. (SOUNDBITE OF BOAT ENGINE) KIPNIS: Out on the blue water, it's hard to imagine the sea was ever at risk of drying up. Wearing thick rubber gloves, fishermen grab breams ...

We go to the borders between Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan to see the dried up shores of what was once one of the largest lakes in the world, the Aral Sea. Mismanagement of the rivers that ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 5. Significant projects and serious efforts are currently underway in the region to combat the ...

Once one of the world's largest inland lakes, the Aral Sea in Central Asia, has evaporated into the desert, its waters sucked dry by Soviet-era irrigation plans.

The world’s largest inland body of water, the Caspian Sea, faces water level decline, threatening ecosystems, economies & ...

a vital lifeline for the Aral Sea, to grow cotton in the desert. This decision had consequences you could see from space - a shrinking sea. DOSPANOV: (Through interpreter) People would wake up ...