Severny Gorod examined how China’s state media — from the Xinhua news agency to Global Times — tell their readers the story of developing the Arctic and the Northern Sea ...
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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 ...
New permafrost monitoring system to be introduced in Russia
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Russian president Vladimir Putin instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to speed up work on the creation and implementation of a permafrost monitoring system. New permafrost monitoring system to be introduced in Russia “The growth rate of the average annual air temperature in the Russian Federation over ...
Arctic heats up faster than the rest of the planet
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The air temperature in the Arctic is growing faster than in other regions of the Earth. The process can threaten with negative consequences for the weather on the entire planet. This is stated in the report of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG). The Taimyr ...
Russia created digital model for monitoring Arctic nature
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Lomonosov Moscow State University has created a digital model of the Arctic that has no analogues in the world for a unified system for monitoring the nature and use of the region's resources. The system processes information from digital elevation models of land, ocean ...
Fish and venison producers in Taimyr to unite in cooperatives
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Producers of Arctic products in Taimyr should unite in cooperatives. This is the opinion of Alexander Vorotnikov, coordinator of the expert council of the Arctic Development Project Office (PORA). This will increase the production and quality of Arctic food products, which have a high ...
Scientists developed virtual tour to international Arctic expedition camp
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Now anyone can get an idea of how an Arctic camp on ice is organized, see scientific equipment at work and plunge into the atmosphere of a polar expedition. Research icebreaker Polarstern is essentially a multidisciplinary drifting observatory According to TASS, scientists have launched a website ...
Polar Bear’s students collected 170 kilograms of garbage on Yenisey’s banks
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Pupils of the Polar Bear Norilsk eco-educational center of the Project Office for the Development of the Arctic (PORA) together with their parents held litter picks on the Yenisey banks in Dudinka. Polar Bear’s students collected 170 kilograms of garbage on Yenisey's banks The team of ...
Another Arctic expedition starts from Norilsk
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Another Arctic expedition has started along the Yenisey gulf. Among the participants there are employees of the Norilsk Development Agency (NDA), Taimyr reserves, museum workers, scientists and travelers. In seven days, they will cover the route from Dudinka to Dikson and back on a ...
New modular airport building being built in Hatanga
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. At the Hatanga airport, the runway is being repaired and a block module for a new terminal is being erected. The builders have already prepared the foundation, installed the walls and the roof. The modular terminal building will house a waiting room, a toilet, check-in ...