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Seals, caviar, oil, warming: Caspian Sea faces severe pollution threat

World / Science & Health Apr 17, 2019

Seals, caviar, oil, warming: Caspian Sea faces severe pollution threat

Seals waddling along the waterfront were once a common sight in Baku Bay, the Caspian Sea home of Azerbaijan's capital. Not anymore. Of the more than 1 million seals that inhabited the shores and islands of the Caspian a century ago fewer than 10 percent ...

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