Places The Aral Sea; How the USSR Destroyed the World's Largest Lake Posted: May 16, 2025 | Last updated: May 16, 2025 Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea is now a haunting ...

These lake sturgeons in New York’s St. Lawrence River, which can live for more than a century, don’t start reproducing until they are 15 to 33 years old ... from the Aral Sea in a big Soviet ...

If we don’t want it to repeat the Aral Sea’s fate, denial and inaction are no longer an option. Last November alone, almost 2,000 seals were found dead along the Caspian coastline in ...

It could be a similar story to the Aral Sea - where salty dust storms from the dried-up sea bed continue to make people sick. Given the manifold risks climate change poses to the Caspian Sea ...

If climate change mitigation efforts enable global temperatures to rise only 2 degrees Celsius, it’s likely that the water levels in the Caspian Sea will still drop ... as previously occurred with the ...

Water levels in the Caspian Sea—the world's largest landlocked ... as previously occurred with the drying of the Aral Sea. The researchers say policymakers and conservationists need to take ...

Urgent action is needed to protect endangered species, human health and industry from the impacts of the Caspian Sea shrinking ... with the drying of the Aral Sea. The researchers say policymakers ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin in December warned the Caspian must not "under any circumstances" be allowed to become another Aral Sea a lake further east which was once the world's fourth ...

Samarkand occupies a special place in the centuries-old history of international relations ... including in the Aral Sea region. We see great potential for collaboration with the EU in this ...

NB: What needs to be done to prevent the Caspian Sea from suffering the same fate as the Aral Sea? ВН: Необходимо срочно принять комплексные меры. На государственном уровне прикаспийс ...

The region risks a second Aral Sea disaster on a far greater scale. Time is of the essence. The decisions made today will shape the future of the Caspian and the millions who depend on it.