Arctic
Arctic water can help search for life on Mars
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists from the Institute of the Arctic and Antarctic, while drilling permafrost ice on the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago (just 56 kilometers from the coast of Taimyr), found non-freezing salt water. Although in such conditions it should not be there in all respects. Researchers want ...
Scientists accidentally discovered Earth’s northernmost island
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists at Copenhagen University accidentally found the northernmost island of the planet. The expedition originally had a goal - to collect soil samples. Researchers say that at first they took the land for the island of Oodaak, discovered in 1978 and considered the northernmost point ...
New monitoring system controls permafrost in Norilsk
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The geotechnical monitoring system launched by Nornickel in Norilsk as a pilot project has shown its effectiveness. In the future, it will cover the main industrial facilities of the company and the residential infrastructure of Norilsk. Full implementation of the system will ensure ...
Taimyr Museum expanded its archaeological collection
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The finds were transferred to the museum by Nikolay Stepanov, a senior researcher at the Krasnoyarsk Scientific and Production Association - Archaeological Design and Research. Five years ago, during the 2016 field season, a polar group of Krasnoyarsk archaeologists surveyed the lower reaches of the ...
Scientists warn of new natural anomalies
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Global warming can cause natural phenomena that are not typical for certain regions. This was stated by the head of the Meteorology and Climatology Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Geography Faculty Alexander Kislov. “The climatic regions will remain as they were. But each ...
Norilsk became one of three Arctic capitals
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Norilsk, Arhangelsk and Murmansk were among the three Arctic capitals of the country - the key multifunctional centers of the macroregion. The typology of settlements in the Russian Arctic, in which more than 500 people live, was first compiled by scientists from Moscow State ...
Scientists found oil-eating bacteria in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Canadian scientists have discovered microorganisms on the Labrador peninsula in the Arctic that can process petroleum products. The American Microbiological Society writes about it. Scientists found oil-eating bacteria in Arctic Experts explain that oil spills in the subarctic marine environment off the coast of Labrador are ...
Russia launched Children of the Arctic Internet portal
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The information and educational Internet project Children of the Arctic which tells about 15 indigenous peoples of the Russian North, has been officially launched. The portal was opened on the dates of the World's Indigenous People International Day celebration and on the eve of the ...
Scientists worried about massive Arctic ice melting
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In Greenland, more than eight billion tons of ice is melting per day. This trend is associated with the unusually high air temperature on the island – more than 20 degrees, which is twice bigger than the average summer for the region. Scientists are concerned ...