My thanks to the Republic of Kazakhstan for the invitation to speak at this important event on drying seas and lakes during the seventh session of the ...

Drying seas and lakes threaten billions; urgent global action on emissions, water management, and nature-based solutions is ...

Mirtalipova’s parable-like account of the Aral Sea’s dwindling waters makes for a startling story of ecological change. A series of seven opening maps chronologically establishes the dramatic ...

Uzbekistan has announced a major package of incentives to attract more than €85 million in foreign investment into artificial intelligence (AI) and data infrastructure. The programme, introduced by ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. As recently as the 1960's the Aral Sea of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan was the fourth-largest inland sea in the world.

Central Asia's desiccated Aral Sea is steadily rising as Earth's mantle beneath it bulges, new research suggests. The uplift is due to the "quiet Chernobyl" environmental disaster that struck the ...

Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Republic of Uzbekistan – 5 April 2025. On the sidelines of the Aral Culture Summit taking place in Nukus, Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF) and the United ...

Most visitors to Uzbekistan stick to the Silk Road tourist trail, exploring the mosques and madrasas of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, and perhaps the intriguing mix of Islamic and Soviet modernist ...

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 ...