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Char juveniles surpass pink salmon in terms of nutrient content
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Siberian scientists, with the support of the Arctic Development Project Office (PORA), continue to study the dynamics of growth and biochemical parameters of the Putorana char. Taimyr char contains a record amount of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. This makes it one of the most useful ...
Heat-loving fish becomes more common in Arctic seas
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Due to warming in the Arctic, the fish fauna in the Barents and Norwegian Seas has become more diverse by 66 percent. Scientists conducted research for 26 years - from 1994 to 2020, and for 20 670 trawls (a fishing method that includes dragging ...
Taimyrsky reserve is sensational discoveries territory
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Taimyrsky State Natural Biosphere Reserve is one of the oldest and largest in Russia: the protected area is 1.7 million hectares. In its expanses, the northernmost forests in the world are preserved. “For example, a few years ago, it was our scientists who discovered ...
Paralyzed bear Dikson hunts in pool
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Rescued in the north of the Krasnoyarsk region bear Dikson with paralyzed hind legs hunted live trout for the first time in his pool. According to the director of the Moscow Zoo Svetlana Akulova, the predator was immediately interested in the live fish. “Dikson proved to ...
Nornickel helped Taimyr Reserves with gifts
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. By the Nature Reserves and National Parks Day, the Taimyr Nature Reserves directorate’s arsenal of souvenirs was replenished with branded gifts from Nornickel - these are fountain pens, several types of calendars, bags and key rings. The Taimyr Reserves directorate’s PR-manager Stanislav Stryuchkov said: “We ...
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 ...
Magnetic storm to hit Earth on New Year’s Eve
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. At the end of the month, weather-dependent people and hypertensive patients will have a hard time - for several days in a row (from December 25 to 28) the Earth’s magnetosphere will be shaken by geomagnetic impacts due to flares and black spots on ...
Norilsk photographers can help scientists learn more about Arctic birds
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Bird Conservation Union invites the country's photographers to take part in the large-scale research project Russian Winter 2022/23. The pictures will help scientists learn more about the birds wintering in our country and save them. You can join the project until February 28 on ...