The UN has launched an operation to defuse what may be "the world's largest time bomb." This was stated by the Secretary General of the organization, reporting on Tuesday that complex maritime rescue operations have begun in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen to transfer a million barrels of oil from the supertanker FSO Safer to another vessel.

Its construction is planned to be completed in November. The first technological firing field of household waste will appear in the Tashkent region. Pipes for pumping landfill gas and subsequent electricity production will be installed on its territory, the press service of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of Uzbekistan reports.

A new pilot solar energy system was installed in the polyclinic of the village of Pelvert in the Halach district of the Lebap region. The district institution of primary health care has become the first department in the country to be equipped with solar panels that supply electricity. The program was implemented within the framework of an innovative UNICEF project implemented jointly with the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan.

Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan are aiming at the construction of the Trans-Afghan railway. The relevant document was signed following the meeting of the working group of the three countries.

From January 1, 2025, Tajikistan will ban the import and use of bags made of ethylene polymers with a thickness of up to 15 microns. This is reported by the agency "Khovar" with reference to the representative of the Committee for Environmental Protection of Tajikistan.

All the best minds of mankind are looking for an opportunity to stop global warming, and one of them — Jeremy Munday, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California at Davis — has proposed a relatively simple, but very controversial method. According to the scientist, in order to stop global warming, it is necessary to paint about 2% of the Earth's surface with white paint.

The surface area of the Caspian Sea has decreased by 8 thousand km² over 15 years. According to experts, the lowering of the water level has already begun to affect the ecosystem and the marine industry. Kazakh ecologists believe that the Volga and Zhaiyk rivers should be given plenty of water to the Caspian, Sputnik reports.

A reserve for rare animals opened on Wednesday in a picturesque place in the Shakhristan region of Tajikistan. The main focus of the authors of the project is on the European red deer and mountain sheep moufflon, Centralasia.news reports.

Another cub has appeared at the Center for the Restoration of the Front Asian leopard in the Caucasus, this time from leopards Shiva and Filou from Sweden, RIA Novosti reports.

Farmers in western Kazakhstan sleep in their fields to protect their crops from saiga invasion that trample hayfields and destroy pastures, leaving no grass for livestock, Khabar 24 TV channel reported.