The Sudden Appearance of Kumani Bank The emergence of a 'ghost island' in November of 2024 was caused by submarine mud volcano called Kumani Bank, which likely emerged sometime between January 30th ...

The Caspian Sea, Earth’s largest enclosed inland body of water, is vanishing at a pace that has stunned scientists. Once a stable icon of Central Asia’s geography, the sea is now shrinking so rapidly ...

There’s a spot on the shoreline from where Azamat Sarsenbayev used to jump into the brackish, blue-green Caspian Sea. Only a decade later, it now overlooks bare, stony ground stretching toward the ...

Aktau, Kazakhstan – During his childhood, Adilbek Kozybakov’s mother always kept a jar of sturgeon caviar in the fridge. Each day, she would spoon it on small pieces of bread and butter for him and ...

FOR MANY living on Kazakhstan’s coast, it was obvious long ago. The Caspian Sea is drying up. The world’s largest inland body of water has dropped by two metres since the mid-1990s, shrinking by ...

Minister says water loss is accelerating Oil volumes fall at Azerbaijan's Dubendi terminal Baku port steps up dredging to maintain tanker access Seals and sturgeon under threat BAKU, Aug 21 (Reuters) ...