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DARK SECRETS: Caspian sea | Rare Historical Photos

The world's largest lake is disappearing – and it's taking ecosystems and livelihoods with it

Scientists warn that climate change and habitat degradation are accelerating water loss in the Caspian Sea.

Euronews

Why the Caspian Sea has become so important in both the Ukraine and Iran wars

The recent attack by Ukraine of a Russian missile-carrying corvette stationed in the Caspian Sea more than 1,500km away from Kyiv has put the spotlight on this large, often overlooked body of inland salt water.

The Conversation

Caspian Sea faces ‘triple planetary crisis’: Can new cross-border rules save it?

Azerbaijan has highlighted rising environmental threats to the Caspian Sea as UN introduces cross-border environmental assessments.

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Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan Lay the Groundwork for a Digital Bridge Across the Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea, long a symbol of regional cooperation, is set to become a digital bridge between the continents. For the first time, a subsea fiber-optic cable will link Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, forming a digital artery with more than 400 terabits of capacity, poised to transform data routes between Europe…

International Business Times

Climate change is fast shrinking the world’s largest inland sea

Once a haven for flamingos, sturgeon and thousands of seals, fast-receding waters are turning the northern coast of the Caspian Sea into barren stretches of dry sand. In some places, the sea has retreated more than 50km. Wetlands are becoming deserts, fishing ports are being left high and dry, and…

The Conversation

Ukraine strikes ship ‘carrying ammunition from Iran’ at Russian port on day of Trump-Putin summit

Kyiv says it struck the Syzran oil refinery and Caspian Sea port of Olya in separate attacks

The Independent UK

'Ghost island' appears after underwater eruption, then vanishes into the Caspian Sea — Earth from space

A series of photos taken between 2022 and 2024 shows the emergence and rapid disappearance of a volcanic "ghost island" off the coast of Azerbaijan.

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‘The Caspian Sea is shrinking. It is visible with the naked eye’

Kazakh ecologists and environmental activists worry that the Caspian Sea’s levels are set to decline further.

Al Jazeera

Russian scientists discover a new island in the Caspian Sea — the world's largest inland body of water

Researchers have confirmed the existence of a new island in the northern part of the Caspian Sea, but they haven't managed to land on it yet.

LiveScience

Toxic dust and stressed seals: What the shrinking Caspian Sea could mean for people and nature

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.

Euronews

How climate change is threatening one of the world’s cutest endangered animals

The population of Caspian seals has plunged by more than 90 percent since the start of the 20th century

The Independent UK

What are the huge naval drills Russia is carrying out?

Vladimir Putin’s forces are conducting naval drills in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, and Baltic and Caspian seas

The Independent UK

Shrinking Caspian Sea Worries Secretive Turkmenistan

On the Caspian Sea coast in Turkmenistan -- one of the world's most secretive states -- Batyr Yusupov can no longer ferry his passengers between two ports.

International Business Times

Iran adds a sophisticated warship to its Caspian Sea fleet

Iran’s state media say the country's navy has added a destroyer to its Caspian Sea fleet capable of launching cruise missiles

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Azerbaijan denounces 'slanderous' comments by top Iranian commander

Azerbaijan on Thursday denounced what it called "slanderous" comments by a senior Iranian military commander, the latest sign of fractious relations between the oil-rich Caspian Sea neighbours.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian FM to Discuss the Nuclear Deal with Russian FM...Tehran Warns EU of 'Miscalculations'

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian would visit Moscow on Wednesday to discuss several issues with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday that Lavrov and Amirabdollahian would exchange views on current international issues, including…

The Independent UK

Russia: Mass seal death likely due to oxygen deprivation

A top Russian environmental official said Monday that the thousands of dead seals that washed up on Russia’s Caspian Sea coast likely died from oxygen deprivation

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Jail term for protester condemned; Brian Houston trial begins; and dead Caspian seals

Outcry after climate activist jailed in New South Wales as Senator David Pocock defends right to protest

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1,700 dead seals found on Russia's Caspian coast

Officials say that about 1,700 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia

Asharq Al-Awsat

In Mexico, Locals Try to Save Traditional ‘Mexican Caviar’

In a shallow lake on the outskirts of Mexico City, a handful of farmers still harvest the eggs of an evasive, fingertip-size water bug in a bid to keep alive a culinary tradition dating at least to the Aztec empire. Caviar is typically associated sturgeons swimming the Caspian Sea, but…

The Independent UK

Caspian nations reaffirm pledge to keep foreign armies out

Leaders of the five countries along the Caspian Sea have reaffirmed their shared commitment to keep foreign militaries out of the region

Daily Mirror

Russia launches hypersonic and cruise missile barrage at Ukrainian targets

Russia's navy has launched cruise missiles at Ukraine from ships on the Black and Caspian Sea, damaging a large fuel storage facility in the Nikolaev region in southern Ukraine

Reuters

Russia strikes Ukraine with cruise missiles from Black Sea and Caspian Sea

Russia struck Ukraine on Sunday with cruise missiles from ships in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, the Interfax news agency reported.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Romanian Energy Minister: Saudi Arabia Expedites Global Energy Industry Ambitions

Romanian Energy Minister Virgil Daniel Popescu revealed plans for launching a gas pipeline from Azerbaijan through the Caspian Sea region, using the link between Romania and Hungary to the Central European markets. This comes at a time the world and Europe face uncertainty regarding the supply of Russian oil and…

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