It took just 40 years for the Aral Sea to dry up. Fishing ports suddenly found themselves in a desert. But in one small part of the sea, water is returning.

According to data from the country's Hydrometeorological Agency, the phenomenon has increased more than tenfold in the last thirty years as a result of climate change and intensive access to water ...

The Caspian Sea is shrinking at an alarming rate, a crisis now visible to the naked eye and driven by climate change and ...

The mikoshi procession is the sacred heart of Gion Matsuri, enacting the movement of divine spirits into the city to bless ...

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Oxford, and the University of Innsbruck have ...

Central Asia’s worsening water crisis risks regional instability, but also creates a rare opening for the US to engage ...

Expanding oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could threaten these birds by disrupting their habitat and adding noise to the landscape. Many other species also depend on ...