Pulling from the pages of the history of the Cold War, China has presented its own ekranoplan nicknamed – quite predictably – ...

Although the ocean covers roughly 71% of Earth’s surface, more than 80% of that ocean has yet to be mapped, explored, or even ...

China is reviving an ekranoplan design dubbed the "Bohai Sea Monster," echoing the Soviet "Caspian Sea Monster", a vessel ...

Along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in Manzandaran, Iran, the remains of a shipwreck were discovered under a sand dune. The Caspian Sea is surrounded by five countries-Russia, Kazakhstan ...

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

A 'ghost' island that suddenly appeared in the Caspian Sea in early 2023 is playing a centuries-long game of peekaboo with scientists, and it's about to vanish once again – if it hasn't already ...

Damming, over-extraction, pollution and, increasingly, the human-caused climate crisis are driving the decline of the Caspian Sea. Some experts fear it’s being pushed to the point of no return.

Less than 20 years ago, the land beneath them under the water of the "Mother Caspian", as they call it here. It is the world's largest inland body of water and the lifeblood of the five countries that ...

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 15,000 square km, an area bigger than Connecticut.