Arctic
Bacteria and ultraviolet light to clean ocean
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. For the first time, European biologists have shown in practice that bacteria are able to digest plastic and decompose it into carbon dioxide and other molecules. The work of scientists from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Marine Exploration was published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin, ...
Polar bear studied nuclear icebreaker near Novaya Zemlya
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the area of cape Zhelaniya near Severny island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, the nuclear-powered icebreaker Ural met a curious polar bear. A unique video and photo was taken by the third assistant to the captain Yana Rozhina, Atomflot said. While the icebreaker was ...
Ice crossing opened in Taimyr
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Norilsktransgaz enterprise opens a closed-type ice crossing for traffic along the route: the zero berth of the Dudinka river - the right bank of the Yenisey river - the Yenisey river - Kabatsky island - the Kabatskaya channel - the left bank of ...
Melting permafrost swamps to make Arctic soil more nutritious
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The greening of the Arctic will become larger thanks to a natural process - the deep melting of frozen swamps. The process stimulates the useful substances extraction from peat. Peat ice samples analysis showed the concentration of phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, cobalt and other elements ...
Scientists from Ufa created Aurora forecasting model
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. A group of scientists from Ufa University, the Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences has developed a virtual model that allows you to observe and predict aurora and ...
Coming days in Taimyr to be still frosty
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. On January 17 and 18, severe frosts persist in the south of the Taimyr municipal district. The expected air temperature is minus 50 °C, partly cloudy, without precipitation. South wind 2-7 m/s, gusts up to 12 m/s in places. On January 19 and 20, partly ...
Northern Latitudinal Railway to appear in Russia
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The president of Russia has confirmed plans for the Northern Latitudinal Railway construction. The launch of the project will allow, among other things, to unload the BAM and the Trans-Siberian Railway. This is fundamentally important given the reorientation of the main export resources to ...
Green Snowflake to appear in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The design of the scientific polar station for the study of alternative energy sources has been completed. The project is being implemented in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district, the construction of Snezhinka (Snowflake) facilities will begin in 2023, and the station will be put into ...
Scientists study arctic plants adaptation to cold conditions
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In August, a new expedition of the Arctic floating university started, which received a record number of applications. Now the summing up is going on. The expedition of the Arctic Floating University on the scientific expedition ship Mikhail Somov started in the port of Dixon, ...