Alexander the Great's empire spanned much of the known world, but historians are still debating whether he knew about the ...

Once among the world’s largest lakes, the Aral Sea has almost vanished due to massive Soviet irrigation schemes; this ...

The Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, with support from a grant provided by the French ...

Mirtalipova’s parable-like account of the Aral Sea’s dwindling waters makes for a startling story of ecological change. A series of seven opening maps chronologically establishes the dramatic ...

Unwrap the world of art and gift a digital-only subscription to The Art Newspaper In a corner of Uzbekistan, close to the ...

ALMATY – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev outlined Kazakhstan’s strategic vision for expanding political, economic, and ...

“Kazakhstan has taken the lead in developing a dedicated intergovernmental program aimed at preventing further ecological ...

Afghanistan is building a 285-kilometre waterway at an accelerated pace to irrigate its drought-ridden northern regions. Central Asian states maintain that decisions regarding transboundary water use ...

China lost its grasslands; we are losing the Aravallis. A deep dive into the global history of environmental collapse and why ...

This fall, Bukhara hosted Central Asia’s first major international art exhibition, the Bukhara Biennial, with goals ...

My thanks to the Republic of Kazakhstan for the invitation to speak at this important event on drying seas and lakes during the seventh session of the ...

Uzbekistan faces urgent threats from sand and dust storms, which drive the highest spikes in air pollution in its ...