The article "The Impact of Climate Change on Soil Fertility and Moisture in the Nakhchivanchay River Basin, Azerbaijan," written by Associate Professor Movlud Teymurov, a leading researcher in the Land Hydrology and Water Resources Department at the H. Aliyev Institute of Geography, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and co-authored by Garib Mammadov, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, was published in the International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences, indexed in the Scopus Q1 database.
This article examines soil fertility and moisture conditions under the influence of climate change and human activity. It notes that modern climate change and various human activities often leave negative impacts on nature. As a result, existing ecosystems are losing their resilience, and vital natural resources (water, soil, and biomass) are rapidly depleted.
It is well known that fundamental patterns exist between all components in nature, and the existence of an ecosystem directly depends on the interrelations between them. Modern scientific advances and technologies allow for a more comprehensive and coordinated assessment of the impact of components on the ecosystem. Just as an ecosystem loses its stability as a result of disrupted interrelations between its components, its restoration is possible through timely scientific intervention. This concept is currently supported by leading global organizations (FAO, UNESCO, the EU, the US Department of Agriculture, NASA, and others), and it is recommended that vital resource assessments in arid regions be based on these principles.
Considering current global trends and the needs of Azerbaijan, the authors proposed a new, comprehensive and synergistic approach.