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.

Restoring the Aral Sea basin Planting saxaul trees has proven to be one of the most effective tools for combating the increased amounts of sand and salt caused by the Aral Sea’s drainage. Forest ...

Kazakhstan said on Monday the northern part of the Aral Sea had nearly doubled in volume since 2008, a rare environmental success story in a region plagued by pollution.

Politicians are now touting the concept of river interlinking for inter-basin water transfers as a geoengineering solution to continued water depletion in India.

Karakalpakstan, November 21, 2024. In a new effort to tackle the environmental and economic challenges of the Aral Sea region, more than 60 local households in Muynak, Kungrad, and Takhtakupir have ...

Up First from NPR When Water Turns to Sand September 22, 2024 • In Central Asia, the world's youngest desert occupies a basin that once held a vast saline lake. The Aral Sea.

A month later, Bolat Bekniyaz was appointed as the first deputy minister. Bekniyaz has extensive experience in water conservation. From 2016-23, he served as the director of the executive board of the ...

Restoration efforts have partially revived the Northern Aral Sea, but challenges like reduced fish populations and rising health issues persist. This is being done through programmes like the Aral Sea ...

Sixty years ago, the Aral Sea began drying up, leaving salty, barren soil in its wake. Lessons learned here will help other parts of the world experiencing climate change.

MUYNAK, UZBEKISTAN — Weddings, school dances, music festivals — in small pockets along the Aral Sea, there are signs of life. The Aral has nearly disappeared, and the large communities it once ...