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"BAKU, Azerbaijan: On a summer weekend afternoon, a keen crowd of sunchasers
descend on Buzovna beach, not far from Baku on the Absheron Peninsula.
Children splash in the shallows and couples stroll along the thick
taupe-coloured sand. Plastic seats and tables inside simple shaded gazebos and
ice-cream branded umbrellas dot the shoreline.
The beach is a vast expanse. A roped-off car parking area is hundreds of metres
from the water, so far from the water’s edge that some simply drive their
vehicles onto the beach. But it was not always like this.
Just a few years ago, the gulf between the beach’s modest infrastructure and
the gently lapping waves was far smaller.
The Caspian Sea, the world’s largest inland body of water, is shrinking in
dramatic fashion.
The sea has also been referred to as a lake, though there has been some
contention by countries over its status for rights over shipping and resources.
It covers 390,000 square kilometres, making it similar in size to Japan. Yet
while much of the globe is contending with the severe challenges of rising sea
levels and coastal regions being inundated by the ocean, the opposite
phenomenon is true for the Caspian."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
