U ntil the 1960s, the Aral Sea was one of the largest inland reservoirs of water in the world. Over seven decades, the lake ...

A new satellite image from the European Space Agency reveals the ongoing collapse of the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth-largest lake.

A striking new satellite image released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on April 4, 2025, illustrates the latest stage in ...

The Aral Sea once sat on the border between Kazakhstan ... of the body of water and its ecosystem was disastrous for the fishing industry there, and left behind a huge man-made desert on the ...

A Kazakh fisherman is carried to a boat (left) in Tastubek, on the northern part of the Aral Sea. Thanks to a dam, fishing is still possible there. But in the Uzbek village of Kubla-Ustyurt ...

At the 2025 Samarkand Climate Forum, Karakalpakstan introduced the Aral Culture ... called a sea—teeming with life and supporting dozens of marine species and picturesque fishing villages ...