Arctic
Arctic General Cleaning starts in Hatanga
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. A new stage of the all-Russian complex expedition Arctic: General Cleaning, organized by the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) together with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. “We are continuing what we started. Hatanga has always been an outpost of great geographical discoveries. ...
Mikhail Somov to deliver food and equipment to polar stations
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The scientific expedition vessel Mikhail Somov has set off from Arhangelsk on its second supply voyage to the polar stations of Roshydromet, reports the press service of the Northern Administration for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (NAHEM). On board there is a change of polar explorers, ...
Scientists want to find substances in Arctic to decompose plastic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists at the Arctic Floating University - 2024 (AFU) hope to discover fungal and bacterial enzymes in the Arctic that destroy plastic. This finding could be the first step towards solving the plastic waste problem. The scientists will search in the coastal strip of the ...
Floating university scientists to search for giant viruses
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Microbiologists of the Arctic Floating University - 2024 will be looking for giant viruses for the first time; their size can be compared to bacteria. Water samples in the high-latitude Arctic were taken from a depth of 25 meters, and soil samples will also ...
Arctic melting affects number of forest fires in Siberia
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists believe that melting sea ice in the Russian Arctic directly affects the number of forest fires in Siberia. The researchers studied satellite images and atmospheric variability in Eastern Siberia, built climate models and calculated the fire weather index. It turned out that from ...
Northern companies learn to be good neighbors with Arctic owners
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Over the past three years, more than 350 conflict situations with polar bears have occurred in the Russian Arctic, so experts from the Nature and People Foundation held a seminar for northern companies’s employees on the rules of safe proximity to these Red Book ...
Floating university expedition sets off for Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The 18th expedition of the Arctic Floating University started from Arhangelsk on the research vessel of the Northern Administration for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Professor Molchanov. The expedition will last three weeks and will take place in the waters of the White, Barents and Kara ...
Arctic soil changes to be marked on new maps
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the Arctic, the height of the ground changes. This was established using new technologies of the space system, which was used in two high-latitude expeditions in 2023 and 2024. Focusing on the results of scientific research in the field of space and aerial photography, ...
Scientists search for missing city and sunken submarines
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists from Roshydromet have begun a field research season in the Western Arctic - in June, expeditions in the northern seas and coastal zones are looking for sunken submarines, a disappeared city, and also collecting garbage that has accumulated over decades for removal. Currently, work ...