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

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.

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

More than 140 rivers flow into the Caspian Sea, but the two rivers — the Volga and the Ural — are the two main arteries, and they are degrading like never before.

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.

Nasim Bahr Kish, an Iranian firm that holds a controlling stake in Russia's Astrakhan Port, has submitted an offer to acquire ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

The Caspian Sea, with a coastline of over 6,437 km, has played a major role in regulating the local climate, contributing moisture and rainfall to the arid lands of Central Asia.

On the shores of the Caspian Sea, in Aktaou, Kazakhstan, November 2019. ALAMY STOCK PHOTO Like every morning, Sonia, who is retired and in her sixties (she did not wish to give her full name), was ...

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 ...