Environmental Defense Fund 2d ago

In this conversation, Mark sits down with Dr. Sassan Saatchi, scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and co-founder/CEO of CTrees, a nonprofit that maps carbon in every tree on Earth to deliver the data needed to slow deforestation. With decades of expertise in the global carbon cycle, forest dynamics, and climate change impacts, Sassan has been studying wildfire behavior in the tropics since the 1980s. In this episode, among other questions, he breaks down how climate events create fire conditions in the Amazon rainforest, and explores how AI, satellite technology, and data are building better prediction models — and what that means for the future of our forests. --- Producer: Mohammad Shahhosseini, EDF Planning and Communications: Judit Langh, Raul Arce-Contreras, EDF Editor & Animator: Meysam Mirzendehdel --- 0.00 Introduction 00:04 About the LA Fires 00:10 Study tracking drought in the Amazon 00:14 The concept of the tipping point, positive feedback loops and effects of El Nino 00:17 Mortality of trees in the Amazon 00:21 Record year of 2004 00:21 Impact of fires on carbon emissions 00:24 What can countries do to tackle wildfires? What has C-Trees been doing? 00:29 Moisture monitoring, AI, more precise monitoring and data, and other ways we can change fire trends 00:36 Partnering with frontline communities with data and tech 00:42 Implications of fires for jurisdictional results-based programs 00:48 What is needed to be better prepared for fire events in the future? --- Vision 2030: https://www.edf.org/vision-2030 --- Follow EDF: https://www.facebook.com/EnvDefenseFund https://www.instagram.com/environmental_defense_fund https://www.twitter.com/EnvDefenseFund https://www.linkedin.com/company/environmental-defense https://www.tiktok.com/@envdefensefund