Arctic

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Biologists have discovered several viable microscopic rotifers from the Adineta genus near the banks of the Alazeya river, in the north of Yakutia. The creatures have spent 24 thousand years in a frozen state and have not died, they have also given birth to ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Five Questions from the Polar Bear on Ecology Day initiative, organized by the Project Office for the Development of the Arctic (PORA), took place on June 4-5 in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as in ten Arctic cities: Norilsk, Dudinka, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, Naryan-Mar, ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In real time, the device will be able to recognize the types of surfaces, the age of ice and identify vessels even with the transmitter of the AIS system (a system in shipping used to identify vessels) turned off. New invention to define ice age “The ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The calendar summer has come. Soon the townspeople will enjoy warm days, bask in the sun at the campsite or even dive into one of the deepest freshwater lakes in Russia - Lama. And for those who rarely travel to nature, thousands of flowers ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The inhabitants of the Polar region are about to meet the ice drift - a sign of the coming summer. In the Dudinka area, active ice movement began the day before at about 16.30. On the webcam at the port berths, a large gap ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The water level in the Yenisey river near Dudinka has risen by 72 centimeters per day and is now at around 13 meters 46 centimeters. The ice edge is located about 100 kilometers from Dudinka As specified in the Department of Civil Defense and Emergencies of ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Arktika-M hydrometeorological satellite launched into orbit in February, the first polar satellite for monitoring the climate in the Arctic zone, will start operating in the autumn. This is reported by the official publication of Roskosmos - the Russian Space magazine. The Arktika-M hydrometeorological satellite ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Nornickel strengthens monitoring of the condition of industrial buildings and structures and engages the leading institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences to address issues related to soil thawing. Scientists studying permafrost in the regions of the Far North believe that it is necessary to ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Ethnological expertise in Taimyr is moving to the analytical stage. The ethnographers of the project research department of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography named after Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) Elena Perevalova, Tatiana Kisser, as well as the president of the Association of ...