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

(Utrecht University) 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 drop in sea level. Since the '90s, the water level has been dropping a few centimeters every year. This drop will accelerate during the upcoming decades, scientists from the German universities of Gie ß en and Bremen calculated, together with Dutch geologist Frank Wesselingh.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news