Nature

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Polar bears lose weight during the summer, when the ice melts and predators are forced to move to land. Researchers observed the Arctic hosts behavior off the western coast of Hudson bay - 20 animals lived there: 13 adults and 7 young ones. On land, ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In 2024, the Krasnoyarsk region plans to clear more than 800 kilometers of coastlines from garbage - the region’s Ministry of Ecology announced the start of accepting applications for participation in the municipal campaigns. The agency plans to attract more than eight thousand people. “The ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Employees of the environmental institution Taimyr Nature Reserves reported that 2024 will pass under the auspices of the Putorana bighorn sheep. Every year the organization selects a hero of the year from among northern animals in need of protection. This year it is the ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Arctic ecologists and specialists from the Research Institute of Agriculture, a branch of the Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS, have published a study that shows that the Taimyr wild reindeer population will reach a critical level in the next one to two years and ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. During an expedition to study biodiversity, specialists from the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered a previously unknown weevil in the Big Norilsk area. The new species is now awaiting a name. According to the RAS’s scientists decision, the inhabitants of the ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. On Bird Feeding Day, February 3, the Norilsk Museum invites citizens to support the birds wintering in the park. The museum’s research staff, who are also amateur ornithologists, will talk about Taimyr flying birds and conduct a master class on supporting birds. Museum workers will ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Northerners look forward to it every winter after a long polar night. The return of the luminary is celebrated in both Norilsk and Taimyr. In order not to get bored without the sun, an art object was installed in the city. The biosun on the ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Clean Arctic movement plans to join the Rosprirodnadzor’s Bear Patrol program to preserve the polar bear and prevent encounters between predators and people. Back in early January, the Rosprirodnadzor federal environment monitoring agency’s head Svetlana Radionova, at a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The optimal number of bears for the Krasnoyarsk region is nine thousand animals. At the same time, due to population growth, animals are increasingly coming out to people. Just last October, a high alert regime was introduced in Krasnoyarsk due to the appearance of ...