In 1990, National Geographic went to the Soviet Union to report on one of the worst environmental disasters of the 20th ...

Alongside those emblems of small-town life were research facilities, animal pens, rifle ranges, barracks, and open-air ...

Lakes are an important part of any local environment, and large lakes are especially critical for things like irrigation, fishing, recreation, and even regulating the local climate. One massive body ...

The Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan was once the fourth largest lake in the world, but today the lake has all but dried. Images from NASA show how the lake has rapidly dried since 2000. "In the ...

From the vanishing Aral Sea to the rapid urbanization of China's coastline, satellite imagery reveals how dramatically ...

The Aral Sea straddles the border of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It was once one of the world's largest lakes, but after years of being drained to irrigate crops, it ...

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Uzbekistan will place one of the world’s most dramatic environmental transformations at the centre of its national pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale. Titled 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 ...

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 ...

Whether Barsa-Kelmes is a place of genuine supernatural power or simply a remote location where folklore met Cold War paranoia, its impact on the human imagination is undeniable. It represents our ...