Study Reveals Substantial Caspian Sea Water Loss

Water loss in the earth's largest inland body of water has worsened substantially since 1995 and is expected to continue in the foreseeable future due to rising temperatures associated with climate change, head of the National Center for Research and Studies of the Caspian Sea, affiliated to the Energy Ministry Water Research Center (WRC) said. 
“The unprecedented 150-centimeter drop in water level (over the last 30 years) is primarily due to increased evaporation (completely dominated by temperature), low precipitation and substantial decline in water flow into the lake from rivers that empty into the sea,” Masoumeh Banihashemi was quoted as saying by IRNA.
The water level has been falling over the past three decades and a variety of programs to manage the crisis have failed to deliver, so far.