Shrinking Caspian Sea worries environmental activists
Residents of Aqtau, a Kazakhstani port city located on the northeastern shore of the Caspian Sea, are on edge these days. For more than two decades, they have watched the Caspian Sea shrink and the local economy wither. As the sea receded, the city’s population, estimated at 250,000, saw disruptions in trade and experienced difficulties … Read more
