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Sarygamysh Lake is Shrinking

MeteoJurnal points at the shrinking size of the Sarygamysh Lake providing reasons and future consequences that may follow if the shrinkage continues. Sarygamysh Lake, located in northern Turkmenistan, has been shrinking...

Darvaza gas crater: what do we know?

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...

Water security level in Turkmenistan

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...

Global Environment Facility in Turkmenistan

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...

Dust emissions from Aralkum reach Ashgabat

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...