But the Aral doesn’t have a perceptible tide—what we’re seeing is the sea actually receding before our eyes. “Whatever you do, don’t stop,” yells Kamalov, as he plows through the knee ...

Brutal Soviet-era farming practices severely damaged the Aral Sea's delicate ecosystem ... By 2010, the surface area had shrunk by more than 50,000 square kilometers (19,000 square miles).

The Aral Sea between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan was once the fourth largest lake in the world, before Soviet irrigation ... causing the sea to shrink by up to 90 percent in size from the 1960s ...

A photojournalist’s pitch turned into a project that took this team to a remote area rarely covered by news outlets Photojournalist Ebrahim Noroozi had a vision when he pitched a story on the Aral ...

The Aral Sea between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan was once the fourth largest lake in the world, before Soviet irrigation projects caused most of it to dry up. For all latest news, follow The Daily ...

The Aral Sea between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan was once the fourth largest lake in the world, before Soviet irrigation projects caused ... causing the sea to shrink by up to 90 percent in size from ...