A study published in Geophysical Research Letters has challenged the conventional understanding of the relationship between ...

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

TASHKENT, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The first Aral Cultural Summit will be held in April in Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan region this year, said the organizer on Thursday. The summit, to be held in Nukus ...

We slipped past the 'members only' sign, narrowly avoiding a group of elderly men in tuxes and a brigade of vocal Greek swimmers before making our way onto a quiet boardwalk. I could tell then that ...

Before the 1960s, the fourth largest lake on Earth glistened ... birthing the world's newest desert and impacting 3 million people that live in the surrounding region. The Aral Sea once spanned 68,000 ...

One of the most heart-warming stories in Nigeria last week was that seven governors, only three of them from Nigeria, met in Maiduguri to push forward with concerted efforts to salvage the Lake Chad ...

Lake Chad has shrunk to one tenth of its size since 1960, with every danger that it could one day disappear like Aral Sea. How can that not be a major ... with which left Lake Chad's shores every day ...

Before the 1960s, the Amu Darya contributed 38.6 cubic kilometers of water annually, while the Syr Darya supplied 14.5 cubic kilometers. However, large-scale irrigation projects diverted most of this ...

One classic example is the Aral Sea. Once one of the largest lakes in the world, it has shrunk to only a fraction of its size. “In 2016, this lake was less than 10 percent of its previous extent in ...

docked at the port of Tartus on Saturday after spending weeks idling in the Mediterranean Sea before they were allowed to enter. Russia's long-held military presence at Tartus and nearby Hmeimim ...

The Norwegian company has completed a successful trial of its first facility, and says four new Watermoon systems have been ordered and will be in place in the sea before the end of the year.

He was found lying face-down in the sea before a rescue helicopter, along with police, firefighters and emergency medical responders raced to the landmark. The man was flown to a nearby football ...