Israel's attacks in June killed 16 leading researchers involved in Iran's efforts to develop an atomic bomb. Some of them had ...

Central Asia’s worsening water crisis risks regional instability, but also creates a rare opening for the US to engage ...

A huge explosion has ripped through the Azerbaijani capital of Baku in the Yasamal district. Smoke and flames billowed over ...

It’s almost like the new normal for airlines to have to navigate this kind of thing,” said Brendan Sobie, an air consultancy ...

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 the 2010s.

Prior to this, Iran and the USSR had struck the original agreement in 1921 to split all ‘fishing rights’ in the Caspian area 50-50.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) of Azerbaijan, in cooperation with its Regional Centers, the Department for Small Vessels Supervision and Water Rescue, held a training exercise in the ...

The 856 Qumis (Damghan) earthquake exemplifies seismic threats to these routes. Eastern Alborz to the Caspian region, traversing fault zones where the historical earthquakes in Jajarm and Gonbad ...

An area larger than Iceland is likely to dry up, even if the climate ‘only’ warms up by 2C. Here’s what that means in the Central Asian region.

However, if global temperatures rise over 2 degrees Celsius, the sea could drop nearly 70 feet by 2100, according to the study. The Caspian Sea covers an area of 143,200 square miles, if action is not ...

Rapid decline of Caspian Sea level threatens ecosystem integrity, biodiversity protection, and human infrastructure. Communications Earth & Environment, 2025; 6 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02212-5 ...

Water levels in the Caspian Sea have fallen by 1.85 metres since 2005, losing 31,000 square kilometres in volume, according to the "Save the Caspian Sea" advocacy group.