The use of the name “Caspian Sea” instead of “Khazar Sea” across certain Iranian state television broadcasts, particularly ...

Although the difference between a sea, an ocean, and a lake may seem obvious, there are pedantic nuances that can alter a body of water's geographical classification. Case in point: the Caspian Sea.

Imagine walking along a coastline where the sea once lapped at your feet just twenty years ago, only to find nothing but barren sand stretching for miles. This isn't science fiction – it's the stark ...

There’s a spot on the shoreline from where Azamat Sarsenbayev used to jump into the brackish, blue-green Caspian Sea. Only a decade later, it now overlooks bare, stony ground stretching toward the ...

Water levels in the Caspian Sea—the world's largest landlocked water body—are getting lower, as hotter temperatures cause more water to evaporate than is flowing in. Even if global warming is limited ...