These fluctuations in sea level and freshwater input affected the Caspian Sea's size, depth and salinity over time. What sets the Caspian Sea apart is not just its size, but also its distinct ...

off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. The NASA Earth Observatory has released a series of images taken with the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and OLI-2 instruments on the Landsat 8 and 9 ...

Last month, an 18th-century 28-meter wooden shipwreck was discovered off the Mazandaran coast of the Caspian Sea in southern Iran. Operating under Russian influence, the ship likely comprised part ...

Detailed mapping around the Caspian Sea suggests that caldera-forming mud ... A mud reservoir underlies the centre of the mud volcano at depth. This reservoir is tapped by one or several conduits ...

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 ...

A transient “ghost island”, born from a mud volcano eruption in the Caspian Sea, has captivated researchers. The island emerged in early 2023, only to recede into the sea by the end of 2024 ...