This feedback means the shallower eastern half of the South Aral could be gone in just 15 years, says Zavialov, decades earlier than previous estimates. It is not all bad news, though.

But fish are beginning to return to the North Aral Sea, ... and twisting north through 1,500 miles of harsh steppe before fanning into a delta at the south end of the Aral Sea. That’s how it ...

And while the South Aral remains in dire straits, researchers say the tentative revival of the North Aral gives them hope. Another sea, another headache. Over in the Middle East, ...

Once Written Off for Dead, the Aral Sea Is Now Full of Life. Thanks to large-scale restoration efforts, the North Aral Sea has seen a resurgence of fish—a boon to the communities that rely on it.

Hope for the North Returning the entire Aral Sea to its 1960s state is unrealistic. ... Long Shot for the South The Large Aral faces a difficult future; it continues to shrink rapidly.

The system leaked, and the sea began to dry up. By the 1990s, the Aral had shrunk to less than half its former size and was dangerously salty. It was no longer one body of water, but two lobes: a ...

By the 2000s, the Aral Sea was roughly 10 percent of its original size. The area’s once-vital fishing industry had been completely eradicated, leaving entire communities unemployed .

"For the first time in modern history, the eastern basin of the South Aral Sea has completely dried," NASA says, citing satellite photos from 2000 and 2014.

Central Asia's Aral Sea used to be a fisherman's paradise. Today the body of water has shriveled up almost completely, with former fishing villages now finding themselves some 20 kilometers from the ...

THE Aral Sea is disappearing even faster than previously thought. ... the North Aral Sea and South Aral Sea . Because of the costs involved, ...