The American space agency NASA has launched a satellite that is expected to change the way we think about water on Earth.

A practical seminar held in Turkmenabat by specialists from the Hydrometeorological Services operating in Ashgabat and regions of the country, as well as experts from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan, UNDP and the Green Climate Fund was devoted to proper use of hydrological equipment and instruments that serve to monitor the hydrological regime of the waters of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and other water bodies.

The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also known as the CMS or the Bonn Convention) and the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation plan to organize a meeting of the range states of the Persian leopard to adopt a Regional Strategy for the Conservation of the Species as part of the Central Asia Mammals Initiative.

The Caspian Sea has once again amazed Instagram users with its stunning views. Azamat Sarsenbaev, a resident of Aktau and the author of numerous videos about the nature of Kazakhstan, recently published a video of a partially ice-covered sea. Astana Times writes about this on Sunday, presenting this video to readers.

The American company Climate Compass has expressed interest in cooperation with Turkmenistan in the field of leak detection and reduction of natural gas losses. The possibility of cooperation in this drug supply was discussed at the Turkmen-American business forum, ORIENT correspondent reports.

The remains of a new species of small dinosaurs that lived on the planet more than 70 million years ago have been found in Argentina, TASS reports with reference to the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET).

The second stage of the 15th United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP15) kicks off in Montreal on December 7. Governments from around the world will come together to agree on a new set of goals and targets that will guide global action on nature until 2030.

The main version of the mass death of Caspian seals is recognized as "natural causes" that are not related to anthropogenic impact on the Caspian Sea, the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Republic of Dagestan reports in its Telegram channel.

Kazakhstan is creating a state reserve to preserve the population of the Caspian seal, RIA Novosti reports citing Serikkali Brekeshev, Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic.

About 700 dead seals have been found on the coast of the Caspian Sea in Dagestan. They were found in the Kirovsky district of the city of Makhachkala, in the area from the Oil depot to the mouth of the Sulak River, the press service of the North Caucasian Territorial Administration of Rosrybolovstvo reported.