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 ...

The Caspian Sea's levels fell during the 1930s and 1970s before bouncing back — and they started dropping again around 2010, Podolyako said. Related: Surprised Russian school kids discover Arctic ...

Moving from Tehran to the more northerly lakeside city of Rasht aged 13, Khashayar Javanmardi’s youth was punctuated by weekends and extended holidays on the Iranian coastline of the Caspian Sea. “It ...

Energy and trade on the Caspian Sea remain very important for the region’s, and even the world’s, growth and prosperity. The Caspian region, a vital geopolitical crossroads and emerging trade artery, ...

The fate of the Caspian Sea hangs in the balance. A vital and irreplaceable natural treasure, the world’s largest landlocked body of water is being plundered in secrecy, its future dictated by ...

On a beach just outside the Azerbaijani capital Baku, a pair of deserted swings creak back and forth in the wind. They were built to be close to the water of the Caspian Sea. Now the ground beneath ...

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 vanished just ...

Iran and Russia began the CASAREX 2025 naval drill on Monday, held in the Caspian Sea, which is seen as a way for both countries to assert their role in those waters, which lie north of Iran and south ...