A 'ghost' island that suddenly appeared in the Caspian Sea in early 2023 is playing a centuries-long game of peekaboo with ...

But the reality is land is always changing — perhaps nowhere more so than at the Kumani Bank mud volcano, also known as Chigil-Deniz, some 15 miles (25 km) off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian ...

A mysterious island suddenly emerged on the surface of the Caspian Sea, only to disappear again in less than two years. Experts noticed it thanks to images provided by NASA. Science Alert reports that ...

In 1863, a Russian paleontologist and mining engineer made his way through the Eocene strata of the Caucasus to the shores of the Caspian Sea. His name was Hermann Vil’gel’movich Abikh ...

An island emerges from the waters, then vanishes, as if it never existed. In the Caspian Sea, this phenomenon has been repeating for over a century, defying expectations and captivating scientists.

The Caspian Sea has long stood as a testament to the ... on fishing are experiencing dwindling catches, with some species disappearing entirely due to habitat loss and pollution.

A transient “ghost island”, born from a mud volcano eruption in the Caspian Sea, has captivated researchers. The island emerged in early 2023, only to recede into the sea by the end of 2024 ...

NASA has released images of a vanishing "ghost island" in the Caspian Sea, lying between Europe and Asia. Captured from its Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites, the series of images showed the ...

NASA discovered a ghost island in the Caspian Sea that emerged in early 2023 but ... NASA shared 2 satellite images of the island disappearing in a timelapse under the waves.

A detailed investigation of a wooden shipwreck discovered off the Mazandaran coast in southern Iran shed light on maritime trade in the Caspian Sea. The findings were recently detailed in a study ...

off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. The NASA Earth Observatory has released a series of images taken with the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and OLI-2 instruments on the Landsat 8 and 9 ...

The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created an island in early 2023 that had almost disappeared by the end of 2024, according to Landsate satellite imagery. | Credit: NASA Earth ...