Two ships ship lie grounded ashore in the Caspian Sea, north of Makhachkala, Russia, Feb. 1, 2005 (AP Photo by Hadzhimurad Zurgalov). Editor’s note: Robert Looney passed away on Dec. 19 ...

global heating is causing the Caspian Sea to disappear. It is currently the world’s largest lake. However, with the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, this ...

By 2100, the Caspian Sea's water levels could plummet by between ... Warmer air is also drying up the flow in some of the main rivers that feed it, said Ms Alizade, who is now a climate change ...

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.

In this case, something like that happened over the Caspian Sea — the Russian Federation is launching its cruise missiles at ...

The island was spotted by satellite in the 143,200-square-mile Caspian Sea, between Europe and Asia, NASA says. NASA photo Like some sort of modern Atlantis, a “ghost” island has largely ...

The Caspian Sea has witnessed a bizarre phenomenon. A temporary island formed off the coast of Azerbaijan and disappeared, all within a couple of years. The island, created by a mud volcano ...

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