Revered by ethnic Azeris as “the turquoise solitaire of Azerbaijan,” Lake Urmia was second only to the Caspian Sea as the largest saltwater lake in the Middle East, a haven for birds and ...

Lake Urmia Basin drought risk management: A trade-off between environment and agriculture. Irrigation and Drainage. 66, 439-450. Stone, R., 2015. Saving Iran’s great salt lake. Science. 349, 1044-1047 ...

This is a sad story but one with a little bit of hope in the end. Like the famous Aral Sea in central Asia and the Great Salt Lake in Utah, the expanse of Iran’s Lake Urmia has been drying up ...

Most have obeyed, he said, but it isn’t easy. Tulare Lake has been a hazard and, for many farmers, an economic disaster, Sgt. Ferrier said. But in some respects, he added, it also is “freaking ...

So far, though, no water right holders in the lake's basin seem interested. "To my knowledge, not 1 acre-foot of water has moved," Clyde said. "I don't believe they've spent any of that money." ...

Lake Urmia in Iran and the Aral Sea in Central Asia followed, drained by scaled-up agriculture. All have since become sites of major dust storms. The Great Salt Lake finds itself heading down a ...

Lake Urmia in Iran and the Aral Sea in Central Asia followed, ... “We would literally have to sue everybody in the drainage, ... no water right holders in the lake’s basin seem interested.

Lake Urmia in Iran and the Aral Sea in Central Asia followed, drained by scaled-up agriculture. All have since become sites of major dust storms. The Great Salt Lake finds itself heading down a ...

One of Mono Lake’s iconic tufa formations is pictured on the south shore of the lake in Mono County, California, on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Dust kicks up on the north shore of Mono Lake in Mono ...

Ashrafizadeh said the lake “has not yet completely dried up, but its northern and southern parts have been separated and about 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of the lake remain.” ...

Iran's Lake Urmia will dry out completely if rescue efforts are not prioritised over the needs of farmers in the drought gripping the region, an environment official said Tuesday.The warning comes ...