Category ENCLOSED SEAS

Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea now exists as a fraction of its former self—a cautionary tale written in salt and sand. Over the course of just a few decades, one of Central Asia’s most vital…

The Aral Sea was once the fourth-largest lake in the world. Today, it has shrunk to a fraction of its original size—a stark example of how human intervention can alter an entire ecosystem within a single generation. Spanning the border…

The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest landlocked body of water, bordered by five nations and rich in ecological, geopolitical, and economic significance. Its unique status—neither fully a sea nor a lake—has shaped centuries of territorial disputes, environmental challenges, and…