Uzbekistan will place one of the world’s most dramatic environmental transformations at the centre of its national pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale. Titled The ...

What began as a Soviet-era irrigation project in the 1960s has become a long shadow cast deep into the Earth’s interior. The Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-largest lake, is now not only a dried-out ...

The Aral Sea disaster began in the 1960s, with the introduction of inadequate irrigation systems to support increased agriculture in the region during the Soviet era. Over time, ageing and ...