The Volga River is the longest river in Europe and runs through Russia with its delta flowing into the Caspian Sea just south of the Kazakhstan border. The International Space Station was orbiting ...

By bnm Tehran bureau The water level of the Caspian Sea has fallen to its lowest point in about 200 years and continues to decline, a local Iranian environmental official said following a meeting ...

December 8, 2024: All is well on the Caspian Sea exit. In 2023 Russia brought in dredging equipment for a major, and overdue, dredging of the heavily used Volga-Don Canal that enables ships to get ...

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 ...

Vessel traffic on the 151-155 km section of the Volga-Caspian Sea Shipping Channel (VKMSK) has resumed after temporary restrictions. The progress of the restoration work was discussed at a meeting led ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water on Earth, is shrinking. Not fluctuating, not entering another natural cycle, but ...

As the annual UN climate conference (COP29) takes place in Baku, RFE/RL presents exclusive coverage of environmental issues that are often underreported from regions that are often overlooked.

Russia aims to strengthen alternative transit corridors. One of the most important prospects for Russia is to strengthen shipping and transit cooperation with Iran in the Caspian Sea. Moscow hopes to ...

Tired of the Caribbean? Called at every Mediterranean port? Bored of the Alaskan fjords and the Baltic capitals? An entirely new body of water may soon be open to intrepid cruise fans seeking new ...

New forecasts regarding the future of the Caspian Sea suggest that by the end of the 21st century its level could drop by 9–18 meters. The coastline in the north and east of the basin could recede by ...