LAKE URMIA Summertime bathers wade into waters colored ... leaving the lake increasingly dry and barren. Pérez Lovera expects Poopó may partly refill, perhaps as soon as this year, if La Niña ...

Due to low precipitation and insufficient water right allocation, some 43 percent of the wetlands of the country are subject ...

There is also concern about the drying up of wetland areas and rivers, which can trigger dangerous dust storms. Lake Urmia, once one of the world's largest saltwater lakes, became a symbol of ...

Regarding the significance of conserving valuable ecosystems, a comprehensive plan to revive Gorgan Bay as well as Miankaleh ...

Iran has spent heavily on infrastructure projects in recent years to prevent Lake Urmia, Iran’s largest salt lake, from drying up. Lake Urmia, located in the northwest of Iran, was once the most ...