A. K. Kurbaniyazov has taken part in expeditionary and hydrological research on the Aral Sea for many years. His work has been published in leading international marine science journals.
Publications by Yessenov University researchers:
- expeditionary research in the western and eastern basins of the Aral Sea (Oceanology, 2006 and 2008);
- five years of field hydrographic research in the Large Aral Sea, 2002–2006 (Journal of Marine Systems, 2009);
- thermohaline structure and circulation of the Western Large Aral Sea in 2009–2011: observations and modelling (Journal of Marine Systems, 2014);
- present state of the Aral Sea: diverging physical and biological characteristics of the residual basins (Scientific Reports, 2016) — 75 citations;
- the world’s largest heliothermal lake newly formed in the Aral Sea basin (Environmental Research Letters, 2021);
- an extreme environment of the hypersaline Aral Sea after desiccation (Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2026).
Lessons from the Aral also matter for the Caspian: both water bodies are experiencing changes in level and salinity.
