Caspian crisis: Sinking sea levels threaten biodiversity, economy and regional stability

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Utrecht, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 30, 2020

The water levels of the Caspian Sea will be 9 to 18 meters lower than they are now, German and Dutch researchers calculate. In the Nature-journal Communications Earth and Environment they urge the world to act. Coastal nations are rightly worried about a sea level rise, but in the countries around the Caspian Sea over a hundred million people are facing the opposite problem: an enormous dr

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