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. advertisement. The Jerusalem Post.

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.

Located between Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea is the world’s largest landlocked body of water, part of the “Middle Corridor” – the fastest route ...

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 sea is spread across 370,000 sq km and is fed by some 130 rivers. However, there are major differences between its northern and southern regions as the northern part has less salty water and ...

It feels like we’re chasing it.” The civil servant is afraid that the Caspian might become a second Aral. Efforts to revive the Aral Sea included constructing the Kok-Aral Dam, completed in 2005. This ...

The Caspian Sea's water level is declining dramatically, prompting urgent calls for regional cooperation. CNA explores an environmental crisis fuelled by climate change and industrial activity in ...

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.

Russia has not confirmed its use of the Caspian for attacks on Ukraine, but it was not always so coy. In October 2015, official media quoted then-Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying that the ...

Kozybakov did not like it. It was salty and “smelled like the sea”, said Kozybakov, an ecologist, now 51. He grew up in Aktau, a city in western Kazakhstan on the shores of the Caspian Sea.