News tagged with aral sea
From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn
(AP) -- Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after another returned with the day's catch.
Oct 25, 2009 |
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Eastern Aral Sea has shrunk by 80% since 2006: ESA
The eastern lobe of the disaster-struck Aral Sea seems to have shrunk by four-fifths in just three years, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday.
Jul 10, 2009 |
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More than two million first orbits
Since its release on 12 April, the film recreating Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering flight has been seen almost 2.6 million times. Much of the footage was shot aboard the Space Station by ESA astronaut Paolo ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Climate change: Water reservoir glacier
Glaciers of large mountain regions contribute, to some extent considerably, to the water supply of certain populated areas. However, in a recent study conducted by Innsbruck glaciologists and climatologists ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Syr Darya River Floodplain captured
Central Asia’s most important cotton-growing region is concentrated in the floodplain of the Syr Darya. The river was one of the farthest points reached by the ancient Greek leader Alexander of Macedon ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Researcher devises new solar pond distillation system
Ecosystems of terminus lakes around the world could benefit from a new system being developed at the University of Nevada, Reno to desalinate water using a specialized low-cost solar pond and patented membrane ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Sand dunes reveal unexpected dryness during heavy monsoon
(PhysOrg.com) -- The windswept deserts of northern China might seem an odd destination for studying the heavy monsoon rains that routinely drench the more tropical regions of Southeast Asia.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 06, 2009 |
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A fossilized giant rhino bone questions the isolation of Anatolia, 25 million years ago
Contrary to generally accepted belief, Anatolia was not geographically isolated 25 million years ago (during the Oligocene epoch): this has just been demonstrated by researchers from the Laboratoire des Mécanismes et Transferts ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Irrigation may not cool the globe in the future
Expansion of irrigation has masked greenhouse warming in California’s Central Valley, but irrigation may not make much of a difference in the future, according to a new study in the Aug. 13 edition of the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 13, 2007 |
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Study: Earth's 4th largest lake shrinking
British scientists have determined the Aral Sea is drying so rapidly it has shrunk by two-thirds in fewer than 50 years.
Apr 17, 2007 |
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