Caspian Sea’s Decline Raises Water Security Concerns As Kazakhstan Strengthens Management
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Caspian Sea’s Decline Raises Water Security Concerns As Kazakhstan Strengthens Management
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ALMATY – The rapid decline of the Caspian Sea is emerging as one of Kazakhstan’s most complex water and environmental challenges, with falling water levels threatening ecosystems, fisheries, coastal infrastructure and communities. As the country strengthens its broader water management system, the changing Caspian is adding urgency to efforts to improve how Kaza…
"It is proposed to revive the Hydrometeorological Scientific Research Institute, which has been operating for more than 50 years and has ceased operations since 2019."
The continuous decline in the Caspian Sea water level in recent decades is no longer a prediction, but a real environmental problem.
The fluctuations in the Caspian Sea’s water level and the retreat of its coastline are not new phenomena and have been repeated many times throughout the history of the sea, but now new problems threaten the world’s largest lake. In his hometown, the coastal city of Noor in Mazandaran Province, the author has also experienced firsthand the significant rise in the Caspian Sea’s water level after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a period in which…
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