They are named Gökçeada and Bozcaada btw

This has always fascinated me. The Caspian is the largest inland body of water on Earth, completely landlocked, yet we’ve called it a “sea” for centuries. At the same time its salinity changes dramatically from north to south almost fresh near the Volga delta and noticeably saltier further south.

Including Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand and parts of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra.

Does this mountainous area have an official name? What ethnic groups and languages ​​speak there?

I feel like either I have been mistaken, or this has gone under the radar for many people

The AMOC is a significant influence in the moderate climates of Europe, right?

Given that scientists project the AMOC to be severely weakened by the end of 2100, and with news articles saying that without the AMOC, Scotland could experience temperatures as low as -30 celsius (-22 farenheit) and that Edinburgh could experience sub-zero temperatures for nearly half of every year (link),

How come more people aren't talking about the repercussions of this taking place?

I'm assuming mass emigration, the abandoning of entire cities, a migration crisis within Europe caused from climate change.

Infrastructure would not be able to survive permafrost conditions, agriculture would fail, native species would become extinct as they are unable to adapt fast enough, right?

And the effects of a collapsed AMOC would extend beyond the UK, they would affect Europe, Australia, North America, Asia, and Africa (basically most of the world)

Surely the articles I'm reading aren't all fearmongering, and that there is some truth to these, right?

I understand people will say that this is avoidable if we act now, but I have a feeling that we aren't moving quick enough, and will eventually have to face the consequences and adapt to them

Sorry for the grim post, but I'd like to hear what other people have to say about this!

Edit: Here's the definition of the AMOC (taken from a comment)
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic Ocean, bringing warm water north and cold water south.
Not the same thing as the Gulf Stream, the Gulf Stream is one component of the AMOC

I was studying poli sci and was looking back at the 2015 euro immigration crisis were millions of people were leaving from the middle east and africa taking boats from libya to hopefully land in italy or spain. How come this doesnt occur with papau new guinea and Australia. They seem closer and Australia offers a better way for living compared to new guinea.

Was checking out Hainan on my maps app and noticed this little archipelago. Given its shape, I assume it’s an entirely artificial project similar to those palm-shaped islands in Dubai. As those are my only frame of reference for this type of thing, are these particular islands meant solely to attract rich tourists or do they serve any other functions?

Are these parts inhabitable? How are there so many little lakes? It looks like the moon, like a rotten part of earth or something.

Why wasn't Mongolia into china annexed like Tibet and Uyghur

Japan’s coastline along the Sea of Japan seems empty, with no major cities besides Fukuoka and Sapporo on the opposite ends. Why is that?

I only know that Canberra is a federal territory since Australia is a federation, just like how Washington D.C. isn't a state in the U.S., but the Northern Territory just seems a bit strange to me.

The entire country of Western Sahara is hot desert, completely without exception (down to 1 km resolution).

Its location (20 - 28° N) puts it squarely in the desert belt, and it’s western-facing shoreline has an off-shore breeze, pushing dry air out rather than moist air on, and without any mountains (highest point is only 2,300 ft), makes the country uniformly hot desert.

Are there any other countries (excluding
microstates) that are completely 1 climate type?

This is probably a stupid question to ask and I'm not even sure if this is the right sub to ask it, but I was wondering if there are any real underwater photos of those huge continental shelf drop offs like the one in grand banks near newfoundland and near Japan.

I find it both eerie and fascinating that the ocean can go from being relatively shallow to suddenly drop off into an abyss and I'd love to see what that transition actually looks like.

This island between Copenhagen and malmö only has a small settlement despite having two big cities on its surroundings. Why is this the case?