Darvaza (Derweze in Turkmen) is a famous gas crater in central Turkmenistan. There was once a settlement with the same name in that area, with a population of approximately 3,000 people. The people of the settlement...
A scientific article published in the journal of Agricultural Water Management in 2020 by researchers from Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, titled “Development...
How much funding does the Global Environment Facility provide to Turkmenistan and what is its impact? Did you know that over $330 million have been spent on environmental protection in Turkmenistan since 1997? Are you...
A study by Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) has investigated the effects of dust from the Aralkum Desert across Central Asia. The results have shown that the region became 7% dustier in the last 30...
A new ecological study in the journal of Neurology has estimated the global burden of stroke attributable to non-optimal temperatures across 204 countries. Globally the burden has decreased in almost all regions, except...
An article by Dimitris Symeonidis in the journal of Geopolitical Report and another one by Eldaniz Gusseinov and Abakhon Sultonnazarov in the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) discuss the...
A Swiss air quality technology company IQAir has released its annual World Air Quality Report for 2023. The report is compiled using data from more than 30 thousand air quality monitoring stations across 7812 locations...
The Coordinating Committee on Hydrometeorology of the Caspian Sea (CASPCOM) releases data sheets on the sea level of the Caspian Sea twice a year. Data sheets are prepared by the coordinated work of hydrometeorological...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its annual Global Methane Tracker 2024 report in March, 2024. The report provides the latest estimates of methane emissions from the energy sector. This article...
Turkmenistan has gained prominence due to significant methane releases and super-emitter events identified at its oil and gas fields, detected through satellite monitoring. Turkmenistan is not the only country with...
