AKESPE, Kazakhstan -- Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after another returned ...
Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It's taking residents' livelihoods, too
MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of it has deterred Nafisa Bayniyazova and her family from making a living ...
The Aral Sea straddles the border of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It was once one of the world's largest lakes, but after years of being drained to irrigate crops, it ...
Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea is now a haunting symbol of human environmental failure. Stretching across Central Asia, the Aral Sea sustained fishing communities, moderated ...
Water usage for irrigation and other purposes by Central Asian states was lower than permitted allotments in 2024, despite generally adequate supplies, according to data published by the Interstate ...
Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It’s taking residents’ livelihoods, too
MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of it has deterred Nafisa Bayniyazova and her family from making a living ...
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