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Climate Change—and Complacency—Is Drying Up the Caspian Sea
The five countries that border the Caspian Sea are fighting over the body of water's future. If it keeps losing water at the ...
Yahoo3 天
Climate Change—and Complacency—Is Drying Up the Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is a geographical marvel and a critical resource for the five countries—Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan—that border it. But the future of the world’s ...
World Politics Review4 天
Climate Change—and Complacency—Is Drying Up the Caspian Sea
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 ...
Gizmodo4 天
This Island in the Caspian Sea Is Almost Gone
Kumani Bank fading from view. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. An island created by the eruption of a mud volcano in the ...
The Ecologist26 天
Farewell to the Caspian Sea
Around Atyrau, the shoreline has receded 30 kilometers south. The sea is drying up, but more alarmingly, its biodiversity is collapsing.” The list of endangered species is long. Well-known for their ...
Greek Reporter28 天
The Mystery of Alexander the Great and the Dried Up Aral Sea
a now-dried up inland sea which historians are uncertain whether Alexander came across or not. The ancient Greek geographer’s writings suggest that Alexander knew about a large body of water to the ...
Kansas City Star3 天
‘Ghost’ island fades away after mysteriously appearing in Caspian Sea. See it vanish
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 ...