the Northern Aral Sea is making a comeback. The Water Resources Ministry announced earlier in January that a conservation plan has resulted in a 42 percent increase in water volume in the northern ...

By 1987 the Aral’s water level had dropped drastically, splitting it into two bodies of water: a northern sea, which lies in Kazakhstan, and a larger southern sea lying within Karakalpakstan.

Kazakhstan said on Monday the northern part of the Aral Sea had nearly doubled in volume since 2008, a rare environmental success story in a region plagued by pollution. The Aral Sea between ...

ASTANA. Feb 18 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - The volume of water in the northern Aral Sea is expected to increase from the current 22 billion to 27 billion cubic metres by 2030, said Moldir Abdualiyeva, ...

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 ...

The abandoned vessels and a few rotting signs are the only remains of the port city that once stood on the banks of the Aral Sea. The water disappeared decades ago.

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