The Aral Sea is only the epicentre of the "tragedy ... Similarly, the boundaries and names shown, and the designations used, in maps or articles do not necessarily imply endorsement or acceptance ...

Here is the famous Steppe, the dry grass-land, the never-ending plain stretching across Eurasia from China to Hungary. Rainfall is too limited for trees to grow. The climate is harsh, with hot ...

The Aral Sea is drying out, one of the most severe ecological disasters caused by humans. The region has been devastated, but ...

ASTANA – The International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) approved the work plan for the period of Kazakhstan’s ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The loss of the Aral Sea in central Asia is an ecological disaster. Toxic chemicals in the exposed sea bed have caused widespread health problems. Can an ambitious project to plant millions of ...

The Aral Sea was once the third-largest lake in the world and home to a Russian Naval Flotilla. This inland body of water was the size of Ireland and surrounded by fishing villages. As well as ...

Near a wooden hut high up in the Kyrgyz mountains, scientist Gulbara Omorova walked to a pile of grey rocks, reminiscing how ...

A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. In the subsequent three ...

TASHKENT, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A joint scientific expedition on the ecological environment of the Aral Sea aimed at addressing the ecological crisis of the Aral Sea and jointly promoting green ...

For Lo and the other researchers, however, the results were remarkable for a different reason — the geographic distribution of the asthma symptoms seemed to map closely onto the geographic ...

A couple following GPS directions accidentally drove their car straight into a marina in South Carolina — and had to be pulled from the sinking vehicle by a brave bartender, according to cops and ...