In a remarkable turn of events, a temporary volcanic island formed and quickly vanished in the Caspian Sea. Captured by NASA satellites, the “ghost island” emerged in early 2023 following an ...
A series of satellite images shows the short lifespan of a “ghost island” that vanished pretty quickly in the Caspian Sea after emerging. It disappeared due to an underwater volcano that blew its top.
The Caspian Sea, the world’s largest inland water body, is a dynamic system whose environmental history is recorded in its complex sedimentary archives and fluctuating water levels. Research in this ...