Kazakhstan said on Monday the northern part of the Aral Sea had nearly doubled in volume since 2008, a rare environmental ...

In addition, winds have carried tens of millions of tonnes of salt and toxic dust from the dried-up lake bed across Central Asia, causing cancer and respiratory diseases.

Also, winds have carried tens of millions of tonnes of salt and toxic dust from the dried-up lake bed across Central Asia, causing cancer and respiratory diseases.

If nothing changed, they predicted, “the lake would be on track to disappear in the next five years,” resulting in the spread of “toxic dust” across the region. Drought conditions left many shallow ...

The five countries that border the Caspian Sea are fighting over the body of water's future. If it keeps losing water at the ...