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 ...

Kumani Bank fading from view. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. An island created by the eruption of a mud volcano in the ...

Based in Almaty, the institute has long been at the forefront of Caspian seal research. Scientists at the institute conduct ...

The phantom landmass had emerged in the Caspian Sea following the 2023 eruption of the Kumani Bank mud volcano, which is located some 15 miles off the East coast of Azerbaijan, SWNS reported.

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 ...

Due to climate change and other factors, water levels are plummeting. Learn what could help and why it’s so important to ...

The expert highlighted that the ecological issues in the Caspian Sea are compounded by its unique biology and limited ...

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 ...

The Caspian Sea, currently facing threats, has been in the news for a different reason: the emergence and subsequent ...

The environmental protection of drilling in the Caspian Sea requires a customized approach, the senior consultant of the ...