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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...

Air quality monitoring in Turkmenistan

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...

Decreasing level of the Caspian Sea

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...

Methane emissions in post-USSR Turkmenistan

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington has revealed a significant increase in methane emissions from Turkmenistan following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Upon analyzing images obtained from...