Caspian Sea Fast-Shrinking Cause for Concern

The level of Earth's largest inland body of water registered a 27-centimeter decline in 2021, the head of the National Center for Research and Studies of the Caspian Sea, affiliated to the Energy Ministry’s Water Research Center said. 
“The unprecedented drop in water level in the Caspian Sea is primarily due to increased evaporation [caused by rising temperature]), low precipitation and a substantial decline in water flow into the lake from rivers that empty into the sea,” Masoumeh Banihashemi was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
Water loss in the Caspian Sea has worsened substantially since 1995 and is expected to continue in the foreseeable future due to rising temperatures associated with climate change, she added.