Arctic
Ice training airfield to be built in Krasnoyarsk region
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. A pilot training base for the Arctic and Antarctic regions is being created in Russia. An ice training airfield is already being designed in the Krasnoyarsk region. “There are 18 types of Arctic ice, and only two of them are suitable for landing aircraft. It ...
New terminal opened in Hatanga
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the first year, a block module of the future air terminal was manufactured, the next year the structure was delivered to the village, and in 2021 the final stage of work began - the construction of the terminal. The result is a modern ...
By 2050, Arctic warming damage can reach seven trillion rubles
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Experts tell that in 30 years the damage of warming in the Arctic could reach seven trillion rubles, for residential buildings, it is about 770 billion. According to Mikhail Zheleznyak, director of the Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ...
Arctic and Antarctic sea ice growing rapidly
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In recent days, there have been reports from the Arctic about a new anomaly - a rapid increase in the area of sea ice. The annual minimum area of Arctic sea ice (4.72 million square kilometers on September 16, 2021) was 26 percent higher than ...
Taimyr Reserves directorate defends Arctic seas
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Pollution of the Arctic seas and the organization of ecological tourism in the Russian Far North became the main topics of round tables at the Big Ocean September International Festival, organized at the initiative of the Russian Ministry of Nature Federal Reserve Center. The famous ...
KrasAvia airlines plans using single-engine aircraft for North
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Siberian Federal University hosted a presentation of the Krasnoyarsk regional airline KrasAvia project for the launch of single-engine nine-seater aircraft to the northern villages, as well as other plans for the renovation until 2027. The round table was dedicated to the interaction of industrial ...
World ocean level rising at record rate
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The problem of climate change on the planet is becoming more acute every year. Over the past ten years, the ice level in the Arctic has decreased by 13 percent compared to 1979. Warming oceans and melting ice have led to an increase ...
Orphaned polar bear found in Dikson
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. For the third day now, a small polar bear cub has not left one place near the Taimyr village of Dikson. The director of the Krasnoyarsk park of flora and fauna Royev Ruchey Andrey Gorban told about this on social networks. “The bear cub is ...
Shrubs accelerate permafrost melting
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists at Tomsk University have found out that shrubs accelerate the permafrost melting in the tundra. As reported on the website of the Russian Science Foundation, the high bioproductivity of plants increases the temperature of the soil, reduces humidity and increases the permafrost ...