Yandex Building Digital Twin of the Caspian Sea

Alexey Fedotov, Yandex's Business Development Director, announced the project on the sidelines of the IV International Caspian Digital Forum in Dagestan. According to him, researchers and artificial intelligence technologies are involved in creating the digital twin. Such a forecast will help determine whether the current shallowing of the Caspian is irreversible or whether the sea is simply "breathing," periodically growing shallow and then filling with water again.

It was previously reported that Dagestan's area grew by 2,000 to 3,000 square meters due to the shallowing of the Caspian Sea. This happened because of several islands administratively belonging to Dagestan where the water receded and which became dry land. These include islands such as Yaichny, Chechen, Pichuzhonok, Bazar, and Prygunki.