Located between Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea is the world’s largest landlocked body ...

Who is killing the Caspian? According to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Ecology, the sea has lost more than 22,000 square kilometres (8,500 square miles) of surface area since 2006.

The Caspian Sea covers an area of 143,200 square miles, if action is not taken, this means that an area of over 43,000 square miles - an area larger than Iceland - would dry up.

Scientists Map the Grand Canyon of the Sea; And this isn’t the first time the area has seen shallow waters—according to Podolyako, Caspian Sea water levels fell during the 1930s, 1970s, and ...

As part of a 20-year cooperation pact, Iran is supplying Russia with drones and ballistic missiles in exchange for military and nuclear support, with Caspian oil revenues helping finance these ...

Damming, over-extraction, pollution and, increasingly, the human-caused climate crisis are driving the decline of the Caspian Sea. Some experts fear it’s being pushed to the point of no return.

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area. It is bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast, Russia to the northwest, Azerbaijan to the west, Iran to the south, and ...

Tengrinews.kz - Satellites have begun detecting new oil slicks in the Caspian Sea every week. According to a statement from ...

The Caspian Sea is drying up. The world’s largest inland body of water has dropped by two metres since the mid-1990s, shrinking by 15,000 square km, an area bigger than Connecticut.

The Caspian Sea's surface level is falling and it's receding rapidly from its former shores, putting large populations in Kazakhstan at risk. A decommissioned nuclear power station is also vulnerable.

The images above show the area in November 2022 before the island appeared (left), February 2023 as it emerged (center), and December 2024 (right). NASA’s Landsat 8 and 9 satellites captured the ...

Damming, over-extraction, pollution and, increasingly, the human-caused climate crisis are driving the decline of the Caspian Sea. Some experts fear it’s being pushed to the point of no return.