Caspian

The level of the Caspian Sea is falling faster than ports, coastal cities, oil and gas infrastructure and environmental protection systems can adapt. Over the past five years, the sea has lost about o...

The rapid decline in the Caspian Sea’s water level is forcing Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Iran to deepen port approach channels, restrict vessel loads and reconsider port developm...

The Caspian Sea has entered a period of accelerated shallowing, the consequences of which are already affecting ports, oil terminals, fisheries, and coastal ecosystems. If the current trend continues,...

Azerbaijanis living on the shores of the Caspian Sea report the appearance of shoals, a drop in sea level with the access to the surface of previously underwater pipes, sections of the bottom.  New is...

In a significant move to address pressing environmental concerns in the region, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan was the first of the Caspian littoral countries has officially sanctioned t...