Pictures from NASA’s MODIS earth observation satellites tell the story of falling water levels in the Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the largest landlocked
Tag: Caspian seal
Climate change is fast shrinking the world’s largest inland sea
In the face of rapid declines in the level of the Caspian Sea, is it possible to avoid conflicts between protecting human interests and conserving
Developing policy to address marine mammal bycatch in illegal fisheries
Globally, large numbers of marine mammals are entangled and drowned in fishing gear every year. Much of this mortality is associated with illegal and unregulated
Understanding how icebreaking vessels can impact on breeding seals and what to do about it
By Simon Goodman & Sue Wilson In our new open access paper, just published in Biological Conservation, we examined the impact of icebreaking vessels passing
Short film: Caspian seals moulting in Komsomolets Bay, Kazakhstan
Komsomolets Bay on the north eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan, is a remote area of shallow water, with countless small inlets among extensive
Caspian seal conservation (short film)
Here’s a link to a short film by Kazakh colleagues about some of our work with them on Caspian seal ecology & conservation (in Russian
Goodman Ecology & Evolution Lab @Leeds 