Holding back the desert Zadneprovskaya and her team have been planting black saxaul trees on a 500-hectare (1,235-acre) plot ...

A photojournalist’s pitch turned into a project that took this team to a remote area rarely covered by news outlets Photojournalist Ebrahim Noroozi had a vision when he pitched a story on the Aral Sea ...

This spot was once the tip of a peninsula jutting into the Aral Sea, which up until the 1960s ... and he has taken time off from his research to show me the remnants of what was once a massive ...

The abandoned vessels and a few rotting signs are the only remains of the port city that once stood on the banks of the Aral Sea. The water disappeared decades ago.