The Aral Sea Basin, defined in red, straddles six countries in Central Asia. About 70 million people rely on the Basin's water resources, a population greater than Thailand, France, or South Africa.

Prior to 1960, the Aral Sea was the fourth largest inland water reservoir in the planet, with a surface area of 66,900 square km. 1960 is a key date because it was the last time that the sea’s water ...

Aral Sea Basin: Water for Sustainable Development in Central Asia, is authored by 57 experts from 14 countries: Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands, ...

Sixty years ago, the Aral Sea began drying up, leaving salty, barren soil in its wake. Lessons learned here will help other parts of the world experiencing climate change. The Aral Sea was once the ...

The Aral Sea’s story demonstrates how human actions can profoundly alter natural systems, yet it also shows that determined cooperation can begin to repair environmental damage that once seemed ...

Once the world’s fourth-largest lake, the Aral Sea has shrunk to less than a tenth of its size after Soviet-era river diversions Regional leaders seek coordinated solutions to decades of environmental ...