Nature
Taimyr people ask not to restrict fishing on Pyasina river
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Representatives of the indigenous minorities of Taimyr sent a letter to the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dmitry Patrushev and the head of the Federal Agency for Fishery Ilya Shestakov. According to TASS, residents of Taimyr are asking not to introduce ...
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 ...
Twilight nights began in Norilsk and Dudinka
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. After a long (65 days) polar day and a short period of white nights, dark nights returned to the latitude of Norilsk and Dudinka. And with their return, the work of street lighting devices resumed. Sunset in Norilsk In Norilsk, lanterns began to be switched on ...
Rarest and beautiful birds in Russia photographed on Taimyr
ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The expedition led by doctor of biological sciences Sergey Haritonov returned from a trip to the Pura biological station. Rarest and beautiful birds in Russia photographed on Taimyr During the monitoring, Sergey Haritonov managed to take a picture of a very rare Far Eastern bird included ...
Snezhnogorsk to be cleaned of 10 thousand tons of garbage
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. More than 10 thousand tons of garbage are planned to be removed from the territory of the Snezhnogorsk village and the Hantayka river banks over the summer. Nornickel adopted a program to preserve nature and reduce the level of anthropogenic pressure on the natural ...
Most Putorana plateau insects not studied yet
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Entomologists studying the territory of the Putorana Reserve note that the absolute majority of insects on the territory of the Putorana Plateau have not been studied at all. Most Putorana plateau insects not studied yet The Zoological Institute entomologists are carrying out the research. In addition, ...
Norilsk resident found ancient mollusks fossils
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Dmitry Boldyrev, a specialist at Taimyr Nature Reserves directorate discovered unique fossils of ancient mollusks near Norilsk. Among the finds are orthoceratids that existed in the Paleozoic era, which ended about 250 million years ago. These sea molluscs are a bit like modern octopuses: ...
Scientists filmed 70 thousand wild reindeer crossing Hatanga
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The photo was posted on Facebook page by the head of the expedition from the Siberian Federal University, head of the department of resource science and conservation, Alexander Savchenko. Scientists filmed 70 thousand wild reindeer crossing Hatanga Scientists managed to photograph at least 70 thousand individuals ...
Smoke from fires in Yakutia reached Norilsk and Dudinka
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In all Norilsk districts, the smell of burning has been felt for several days. The residents of Dudinka also report this. Smoke from fires in Yakutia reached Norilsk There is not a single active fire in the surrounding forest-tundra now. Most likely, the east and southeast ...