The expert named the causes and rates of shallowing of the Caspian Sea

The water level in the Caspian Sea will continue to decrease in the near future. Mikhail Bolgov, Chief Researcher and Head of the Surface Water Modeling Laboratory at the Institute of Water Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said this in an interview with Izvestia on October 2.

"The state of the Caspian Sea is influenced by several factors. Firstly, the climate is changing, and as a result, evaporation from the sea surface is increasing. Secondly, there is the influence of a person who takes water from the Caspian basin and does not return it. We can confidently say that the water level will decrease in the coming years. The Russian Academy of Sciences and our institute, among others, are currently engaged in a comprehensive marine research program, and we will be able to provide a more detailed analysis based on its results," he said.

Earlier on September 1, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit that the situation in the Caspian Sea was close to an environmental disaster. He also added that he considers it expedient to create a Center for Analysis of water problems in Astana under the leadership of the SCO.

On July 25, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin invited the Caspian littoral countries to jointly solve the problem of shallowing the Caspian Sea and work on creating a long-term model for forecasting fluctuations in its level. According to him, the Russian Federation is ready to share forest monitoring systems from satellites and drones with states.

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