Brutal Soviet-era farming practices severely damaged the Aral Sea's delicate ecosystem. Now ecologists are planting saplings ...

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 ...

Things changed ... 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 ...