The question of whether the Caspian is a lake or a sea often arises, with the answer being both, depending on perspective. Scientifically, it is a lake, being landlocked and primarily fed by rivers, ...

The Caspian Sea is dropping and revealing new islands to the world. In a recent discovery, Russian scientists have confirmed the presence of an emerging island in the world's largest inland body of ...

By Olga Popova and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW, March 10 (Reuters) - Russian companies have resumed grain exports to Iran, its third-largest grain buyer, through the Caspian Sea after a pause caused by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aktau, Kazakhstan – During his childhood, Adilbek Kozybakov’s mother always kept a jar of sturgeon caviar in the fridge. Each day, ...

FOR MANY living on Kazakhstan’s coast, it was obvious long ago. The Caspian Sea is drying up. The world’s largest inland body of water has dropped by two metres since the mid-1990s, shrinking by ...

An aerial drone photo taken on March 10, 2026 shows a coast scenery of the Caspian Sea in Aktau, Kazakhstan. (Xinhua/Li Renzi ...

Moving from Tehran to the more northerly lakeside city of Rasht aged 13, Khashayar Javanmardi’s youth was punctuated by weekends and extended holidays on the Iranian coastline of the Caspian Sea. “It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ukrainian security source said Kyiv has targeted Russian oil facilities in the Caspian Sea in recent days.REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov ...

Russian companies have resumed grain exports to Iran via the Caspian Sea after a brief suspension caused by geopolitical tensions. Improved logistics and enhanced export capacity on the Caspian Sea ...

Unlike larger jackup regions where scale provides greater flexibility, relatively minor changes in supply can have an outsized impact.