One of Earth's most interesting natural features, the Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water on the planet, defying conventional classifications to be both a sea and a lake. Situated ...

One of the key areas of research has been the evolution of the lower reaches of the Volga River and its relationship with the Caspian Sea. Studies have utilized luminescence dating to establish a ...

One study suggests that if current evaporation rates continue, the northern part of the Caspian Sea could disappear within 75 years. Compounding the effects of climate change are reduced river inflows ...

Last month, an 18th-century 28-meter wooden shipwreck was discovered off the Mazandaran coast of the Caspian ... sea is at its shallowest. Rising global temperatures and reduced inflow from the ...

The first (the Dnipro cline) is associated with the Dnipro River, which flows into the Black Sea; the second (the Volga cline) with the Volga River, which flows into the Caspian Sea; and the third ...