CTrees CEO Sassan Saatchi, Ph.D., delivered a keynote address on the #CaspianBasin this week at a scientific conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. Saatchi's remarks addressed the environmental vulnerabilities of the #CaspianSea, the world's largest inland body of water, and the power of remote sensing data to measure changes in seasonality, vegetation, rainfall, temperatures, and historical deforestation and land use change. Azerbaijan's role as host of #COP29 this year is an opportunity for Caspian Sea researchers to bring these regional issues to global attention, Saatchi said. The conference was co-organized between the French-Azerbaijani University - UFAZ and CASPISNET - Caspian Integrated Scientific Network Organisation, a scientific NGO focused on the region. Saatchi also connected the Caspian Sea's environmental challenges to global ecosystems like the tropics. "It doesn’t matter where you live in the world, tropical forests have an effect on your climate and rainfall," he said. Because of climate change in the last 20 years, tropical forests are now suffering from drought, species mortality, and lost resilience. Saatchi previewed new satellites that will bring insights on forests and ecosystems, including NASA-ISRO's NISAR radar mission, ESA's BIOMASS satellite, and NASA's Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) study. Learn more about the conference: https://csbc24.ufaz.az/
Sassan Saatchi, a researcher at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and a professor at the University of California, participated in the “Caspian Basin in Transition: Bridging Geosciences and Environmental Challenges 2024” conference. He discussed the results of his research on the Caspian Basin, the impacts of tropical forests on climate, and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's future plans. He stated that Azerbaijan's hosting of COP29 Azerbaijan this year is an opportunity to bring the issues of the Caspian Basin to a level of global attention. #science #cop29 #cop29azerbaijan #climate #nasa #caspiansea
