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State of communication regimes in the area of the Greater Caspian Sea
The Caspian region is considered in the area of the modern geopolitical project "Big Caspian" and the space forming it. Within the framework of this configuration, it is advisable to investigate the totality of factors and their causal relationships of development.
V. G. Golovin, E. E. Golovina
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The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
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Brine Pool Microbes Enrich Metalliferous Sediments in Salt Giant Basins
Abstract We report the discovery of an extinct deep‐sea brine pool in the Red Sea's Hume Deep, providing evidence that rift‐shoulder pools are ephemeral on millennial timescales, and that the microbially‐enriched metalliferous deposits produced during the pool's active phase persist into the stratigraphic record.
Morgan I. Chakraborty +11 more
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The dissolution of the U.S.S.R. and the achieved independence of the former Soviet republics (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan) have led to a change in the geopolitical situation in the Caspian region. Five entities of the international law appeared on the shores of the Caspian.1 Almost immediately, there emerged a problem of defining the ...
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ABSTRACT Despite the large reappraisal of the EU's security and economic interests in Central Asia, its foreign policy impact has remained weak. This article develops a constructivist, multi‐level framework to examine how European and Chinese approaches to decarbonization are translated into policy in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Morena Skalamera
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ABSTRACT River fragmentation through channelization and the construction of dams has strongly altered river ecosystems, leading to declines in native fish species and the proliferation of non‐natives. Knowledge gaps still exist about the effects of fragmentation on the structure of ecological assemblages throughout all habitats in large, fragmented ...
Jakob Neuburg +7 more
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International Legal Sources of Aquatic Bioresources Safety in the Caspian Sea
The present article analyzes international legal sources of aquatic bioresources safety in the Caspian Sea. Because of intensive development of oil and gas fields in the Caspian Sea, poaching and sea level change there was a need of international legal ...
Alexandr S. Lebedev, Arman A. Ginoyan
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ABSTRACT Haplosporidians are protistan parasites of aquatic invertebrates. Described here is the first report of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) parasite Haplosporidium raabei in the River Thames, London, UK. The prevalence of this protist in the upper tidal Thames, Richmond, was higher than previously reported in other studies from the UK and ...
Rachel Foster +7 more
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The Caspian Sea is currently experiencing a rapid decline in water levels, with a 46% reduction in water-covered area between 2001 and 2024. Considering the environmental and socio-economic impacts of the problem, legal responses remain fragmented.
Emin Alimusayev
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Abstract Fish species are being described at an accelerating rate, but a substantial fraction of recent descriptions rests on evidentiary standards too weak to distinguish genuine species‐level discontinuities from intraspecific variation, local adaptation and the artefacts of single‐marker analyses, a pattern of taxonomic inflation with documented ...
Ilhan Altinok
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