In February, NASA launched its PACE (Plankton ... which belongs to the Aral Sea, a watery mass that was once the fourth largest lake in the world. In 1960, the Soviet Union diverted its water ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Aral Sea is shrinking at an incredibly rapid rate. Produced by Maya Dangerfield. Images courtesy of NASA. Follow TI: On Facebook More from Tech The Aral Sea is ...

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A team of Earth scientists affiliated with Peking University and the Southern University of Science and Technology, both in ...

A photojournalist’s pitch turned into a project that took this team to a remote area rarely covered by news outlets Photojournalist Ebrahim Noroozi had a vision when he pitched a story on the Aral Sea ...

and future development beyond the environmental crisis of the Aral Sea. Mention the Aral Sea or search for it online, and apocalyptic scenes appear. A lake once so vast it is still called a sea ...

This spot was once the tip of a peninsula jutting into the Aral Sea, which up until the 1960s was the world’s fourth largest inland body of water, covering some 26,000 square miles—an area ...

a potential springboard for sustainable transformation and cultural renewal in the Aral Sea region, once the fourth-largest lake in the world and now often seen as a tragic symbol of environmental ...