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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 ...

By 2100, the Caspian Sea's water levels could plummet by between ... Warmer air is also drying up the flow in some of the main rivers that feed it, said Ms Alizade, who is now a climate change ...

The nearby Garabogazköl lagoon, connected to the Caspian Sea by a narrow strait, once previously dried up when water flow from the Caspian was blocked in the 1980s, but has since been restored.

In this case, something like that happened over the Caspian Sea — the Russian Federation is launching its cruise missiles at ...

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 ...