Aral Sea

Aral Sea Almost DRIED UP: UN Chief Calls It 'Shocking Disaster'

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Scroll down for videos of the Aral Sea NUKUS, Uzbekistan -- The drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet's most shocking disasters, U.N. Se...

Haiti and Cuba: Dodo Birds of a Feather

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 05.25.2011

Daniel Bruno Sanz

Why is it so important to the great leaders of the Cuban and Venezuelan revolutions that Obama's campaign message of joyous reconciliation be converted to an elegy of disillusionment?

Watch Earth Disappear In Time-Lapse Videos

Wired, NASA | Posted 05.25.2011

This is a big week for viewing the effects of humanity on Earth from above -- in addition to a documentary film coming out this Friday, Wired has used...