The Caspian Sea has once again amazed Instagram users with its stunning views. Azamat Sarsenbaev, a resident of Aktau and the author of numerous videos about the nature of Kazakhstan, recently published a video of a partially ice-covered sea. Astana Times writes about this on Sunday, presenting this video to readers.

The American company Climate Compass has expressed interest in cooperation with Turkmenistan in the field of leak detection and reduction of natural gas losses. The possibility of cooperation in this drug supply was discussed at the Turkmen-American business forum, ORIENT correspondent reports.

The remains of a new species of small dinosaurs that lived on the planet more than 70 million years ago have been found in Argentina, TASS reports with reference to the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET).

The second stage of the 15th United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP15) kicks off in Montreal on December 7. Governments from around the world will come together to agree on a new set of goals and targets that will guide global action on nature until 2030.

The main version of the mass death of Caspian seals is recognized as "natural causes" that are not related to anthropogenic impact on the Caspian Sea, the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Republic of Dagestan reports in its Telegram channel.

Kazakhstan is creating a state reserve to preserve the population of the Caspian seal, RIA Novosti reports citing Serikkali Brekeshev, Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic.

About 700 dead seals have been found on the coast of the Caspian Sea in Dagestan. They were found in the Kirovsky district of the city of Makhachkala, in the area from the Oil depot to the mouth of the Sulak River, the press service of the North Caucasian Territorial Administration of Rosrybolovstvo reported.

Representatives of the United Nations, Central Asian States and the European Union have met to discuss the implementation of the Sendai Framework, within which a joint Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Asia was developed.

Representatives of the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus signed an agreement on further cooperation and exchange of experience in the field of combating locust invasions.

The transition to the use of renewable energy sources and the reduction of methane emissions into the atmosphere have become the key topics of the joint scientific and practical conference of Turkmenistan and the European Union that has been opened in Ashgabat, ORIENT correspondent reports.