Measured by surface area, the Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland water body. The sea covers roughly 143,200 square miles (371,000 square kilometers) and borders five countries: Iran, Russia ...

Photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews' newest book, Caspian: The Elements, takes the reader on a meandering journey through oil-rich central Asia following traces of natural elements such as fire, gas ...

Three images of the "ghost island" that appeared off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea, dated from November 2022 (left), February 2023 (center) and December 2024 (right).

On the western edge of the Asian country of Turkmenistan, a vast desert meets the world's most expansive inland water body, the Caspian Sea. This natural-color Landsat 7 satellite image, taken on ...

Images A symphony of greens and whites color this image of the Caspian Sea, captured by the MODIS on the Terra satellite on February 28, 2007. The portion of the […] ...

As in the case of the Aral Sea, the Caspian’s woes are not been driven only by climate change. ‘Polluted by oil companies’ The Volga, Europe’s largest and longest river located in Russia ...

Photographer Khashayar Javanmardi spent a decade documenting changes affecting the Caspian Sea. This image, taken in May 2019, shows how a breakwater in the Anzali lagoon, has exacerbated drought ...

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.

Images The MODIS on the Aqua satellite captured this image of the Caspian Sea, on November 14, 2008. The Caspian Sea is bordered many countries including (clockwise from the upper […] ...

Three images of the "ghost island" that appeared off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea, dated from November 2022 (left), February 2023 (center) and December 2024 (right). | Credit: NASA ...

The Caspian Sea is the planet’s largest inland sea and its largest lake, an enormous body of water roughly the size of Montana. Its looping coastline stretches more than 4,000 miles and is ...