One of Earth's most interesting natural features, the Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water on the planet, defying conventional classifications to be both a sea and a lake. Situated ...

It would add enough water to the Volga to maintain—or lift—the level of the Caspian Sea. To its only outlet—the sky—the Caspian annually gives in evaporation about 410 billion cubic meters ...

This leaves Russia with only two alternatives. One is North Korea, which has a feeble economy with a GDP of only $30 billion and has long been subject to economic sanctions. The other alternative is ...

The Caspian Sea has long stood as a testament to the intricate ... Rising global temperatures and reduced inflow from the Volga River, which supplies 80 percent of the sea’s freshwater, have ...

Oil prices strengthened on Monday as an attack on an oil pipeline pumping station in the Caspian Sea slowed flows from ...

A special envoy to the Caspian Sea region would help counter China, Russia, and Iran—and end the impression that Washington ...

One study suggests that if current evaporation rates continue, the northern part of the Caspian Sea could disappear within 75 years. Compounding the effects of climate change are reduced river inflows ...

"According to the results of laboratory tests, the Volga-Caspian Branch of the ... as reported on January 17 of this year. The Caspian seal is the only sea mammal in the Caspian Sea and is an ...

The first (the Dnipro cline) is associated with the Dnipro River, which flows into the Black Sea; the second (the Volga cline) with the Volga River, which flows into the Caspian Sea; and the third ...