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Yamal musk oxen met first summer in Taimyr

Yamal musk oxen met first summer in Taimyr

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Yamal musk oxen living in the Taimyr village of Volochanka are now grazing freely in the tundra. Denis Terebihin, the initiator of the creation of the first Russian farm-camp for the breeding and domestication of musk oxen, announced this in his social networks. Yamal musk ...

Taimyr named coldest region in Russia

Taimyr named coldest region in Russia

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The coldest regions of the country were named in the Hydrometeorological Center. In addition to Norilsk and Taimyr, the weather is not yet warm in the Murmansk region, the north of Karelia, the Nenets Autonomous District and some other northern territories. According to the head ...

Nornickel employees rescued upland buzzard chicks

Nornickel employees rescued upland buzzard chicks

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Nornickel company postponed the demolition of the unexploited building of the pumping station of the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant (NMZ) because of the nest of upland buzzard birds, which bred new offspring. The nest of upland buzzard birds The object was supposed to be demolished in ...

Global warming caused earth’s axis shift

Global warming caused earth’s axis shift

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Over the past 20 years, because of global warming, the active melting of glaciers has caused noticeable shifts in the Earth’s axis of rotation. According to scientists from the Chinese Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, in addition to climate change, the ...

Scientists studied female bears’ behavior in Franz Josef Land

Scientists studied female bears’ behavior in Franz Josef Land

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. This year's first expedition to study polar bears, organized by Rosneft and the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, to the Franz Josef Land archipelago has ended. There are from 22 to 31 thousand polar bears in the world According ...

Siberian sturgeon and muksun to be released into Yenisey

Siberian sturgeon and muksun to be released into Yenisey

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. By the end of summer, the Yenisey and the rivers of the Ob-Irtysh basin will be replenished with juveniles of muksun and Siberian sturgeon. The Norilsktransgaz enterprise as part of an environmental project to replenish aquatic biological resources will produce the fry. The sturgeon fry ...

Expedition to Pura biological station started

Expedition to Pura biological station started

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Employees of the Taimyr Nature Reserves directorate headed by doctor of biological sciences, ornithologist Sergey Haritonov set off on an expedition to the Pura biological station. Red-breasted goose is listed in the Red Book As the leading public relations specialist Larisa Stryuchkova said, scientists plan to ...

Norilsk residents interested in birdwatching

Norilsk residents interested in birdwatching

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Sophia Rosenfeld, a well-known ornithologist, senior researcher at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution named after A.N. Severtsov Russian Academy of Sciences, told the Norilsk people about her long-term scientific research and about modern methods of bird watching. More than 70 listeners attended the ...

Global temperature tends to exceed norm

Global temperature tends to exceed norm

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Climatologists believe that the global temperature in the next five years may exceed the norm by one and a half degrees. Roman Vilfand, head of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center, emphasized that such a forecast indicates that mankind has failed to slow down global warming. Global ...