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

The Caspian Sea is shrinking at an alarming rate, a crisis now visible to the naked eye and driven by climate change and ...

From 2005 to 2023, the Caspian Sea's water level dropped by 185 centimeters, resulting in a loss of 31,000 square kilometers of water area.

ASTANA – As global climate talks grow increasingly fractured, Mukhtar Babayev, the president of the COP29, or the 29th United ...

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, once a bounty of clean water and fish, is shrinking due to climate breakdown and human ... Creative Commons 4.0. Excavators are digging the mouth of the Ural River, where the river ...

Urgent action is needed to protect endangered species, human health and industry from the impacts of the Caspian Sea shrinking, research led by the University of Leeds has found.

The Caspian Sea's water levels have dropped over the past 20 years, especially in the north, on the border with Russia and Kazakhstan. The decline threatens biodiversity, and severely impacts the ...

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 ...

The Volga, Europe’s largest and longest river located in Russia, has been the source of 80 to 85 percent of the Caspian water. According to experts, Russia’s water management has affected the sea.

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 ...