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The Aral Sea, Once the World’s Fourth-Largest Inland Lake, Was Drained Dry. Now It’s a Ticking Carbon Bomb

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was once the fourth-largest inland body of water on ...

Drained Under Soviet Rule, Aral Sea Has Become a Huge Source of Emissions

The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was once the fourth-largest inland body of water on Earth. For the ...

Satellite images show how Russia is winning the race for the Arctic as the US plays catch-up

Russia has expanded its Arctic presence, building bases and icebreakers as the US struggles to rebuild amid geopolitical ...
Phys.org

The Caspian Sea has lost an area nearly the size of Sicily: Human activities are a major reason why

The Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water on Earth, is shrinking. Not fluctuating, not entering another natural cycle, but shrinking. For decades, scientists and policymakers treated changes ...
ancient-origins

The Barsa-Kelmes Enigma: Investigating Central Asia’s Cursed “Island of No Return”

Deep within the desolate, salt-choked basins of the Kyzylkum Desert in Kazakhstan lies a geographical ghost. Once a prominent island in the heart of the Aral Sea, Barsa-Kelmes is a name that still ...