The rate of Caspian Sea level decline has slowed significantly. Scientists are confident that the shallowing process may stop completely in the near future, reports Caliber.Az.

Enver Aliyev, head of a department at the Institute of Geography of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences and ecologist, notes that monitoring data over the past three years inspires cautious optimism. While the annual sea level drop previously amounted to 25–30 centimeters, this figure has now been almost halved, to 15–17 centimeters.

“There is hope. Based on an analysis of data over the past 200 years, we predict that the sea level decline will end between 2040 and 2050. However, it’s possible that this will happen much sooner—in the next five years,” the expert stated.

According to the ecologist, once the water level stops falling, a rising phase will begin. However, the scientist emphasized that returning the Caspian Sea to its previous high levels is a lengthy process and will take more than one year.

As a reminder, the shallowing of the Caspian Sea remains one of the region’s key environmental issues, directly affecting the interests of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and other Caspian littoral states. Experts continue to continuously monitor changes in the waters.

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