“In a way, the ocean has been our greatest champion in the fight against climate change,” Glaubke said. “But without a ...

What happened to the Aral Sea? The once third-largest lake in the world has been drying and shrinking since the 1960s thanks ...

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 ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. The answers to this quiz appear in blue below each question. 1. Three of the following four statements about the two ...

Nukus, Karakalpakstan — September 15-16, 2025. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a two-day event in Nukus, bringing together leading scientists and practitioners from ...

Simon Goodman has provided advice to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Caspian seal conservation, and in the past has conducted research and advised oil and gas companies in the ...

No, there’s not salt in your wine, but descriptors around "saline" come up a lot when talking about it. It’s time to unlock the mystery of salinity in wine. Lauren Buzzeo is the founder, editor, and ...

Energy and trade on the Caspian Sea remain very important for the region’s, and even the world’s, growth and prosperity. The Caspian region, a vital geopolitical crossroads and emerging trade artery, ...

Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea is now a haunting symbol of human environmental failure. Stretching across Central Asia, the Aral Sea sustained fishing communities, moderated ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015, the frozen continent has lost sea ice similar to the size of Greenland.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has called the Aral Sea crisis a slowly unfolding ecological disaster triggered by human activity. The sea’s desiccation led to devastating consequences: ...