October 28, 2024 • Once one of the worlds largest inland lakes, Asia's Aral Sea has evaporated into desert, dried by Soviet era irrigation plans. One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores ...

KIPNIS: These days, Ibragimov is one of dozens of fishermen in Tastubek, able to make a living off fishing in what's come to be known, since it split in two, as the Northern Aral Sea. (SOUNDBITE OF ...

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Tashkent, Uzbekistan – Paynet has donated 300 million UZS to support UNDP's Green Aral Sea initiative, a crowdfunding project working to restore life to the dried Aral Sea bed. This contribution will ...

Fishing grounds would shrink ... there could be a repeat of the Aral Sea disaster, Kaleji said. There is no guarantee the Caspian “will return to a natural and normal cycle,” he added.

The Aral Sea was once one of the world's largest lakes ... Here, six massive, rusted ships lie on their bellies like beached fish on the sand. (SOUNDBITE OF FOOTSTEPS) KIPNIS: So here we are ...

The Aral Sea has nearly disappeared over the last 60 years. Now, its source rivers are depleting. View the full project: https://apps.npr.org/aral-sea-shrinking-map ...

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Creating a Spatial Map of the Sea: New Research Visualizes How Fishing Communities Can Change Fishing Habits to Adapt to Climate Change Oct. 21, 2024 — In a massive research project spanning ...