Even the Aral Sea disaster itself is becoming a unique point of interest. “There’s a small focus on disaster tourism. Many people want to visit the Aral Sea and what’s left of it—like the ...

New research shows the dried Aral Sea region is rising due to Earth’s mantle, adjusting to lose water weight. The man-made environmental disaster has also led to the creation of the toxic Aralkum ...

The Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-largest lake, is now not only a dried-out ecological ruin but the source of an extraordinary geological ripple. A new study in Nature Geoscience reveals ...

Silent Chernobyl made the Earth’s mantle move towards Aral Sea The Aral Sea, desiccated years back, has now bulged beneath the land The land is uplifting every year by 0.3 inches discovered by ...

A striking new satellite image released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on April 4, 2025, shows the continuing collapse of the Aral Sea, which was once the fourth-largest lake in the world. The ...

As a child, Zauresh remembers a vast sea with a large variety ... zone of global environmental disaster. I have very little time left before retirement, and I really want to see the results of our ...

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 ...