#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Researchers at the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAN) have created Russia’s first climate monitoring system for climatically active substances in the Arctic Ocean, according to TASS.
“The system incorporates both ship-based and autonomous observation methods to monitor the natural environment. A key component of this system is the Sea-Air-Wave Station (SAWS), which was tested during last year’s Arctic expedition. Measurements of greenhouse gas concentrations showed that the gas analyzers installed at the SAWS station are highly effective. The successful trials of the first marine autonomous hydrometeorological station in Arctic conditions will serve as a foundation for developing a buoy system in the subpolar Atlantic and Arctic”, the statement noted.
The institute believes this system will provide effective monitoring of all parameters of the lower atmosphere and the ocean’s surface layer, enabling reliable assessments that are crucial for balancing regional gas and energy flows in the ocean. Data collected from the hydrometeorological station have allowed researchers to quantify, for the first time, the variability of energy and greenhouse gas flows between the ocean and the atmosphere in real time.
Earlier, This Is Taimyr reported that polar explorers aboard the icebreaker Ivan Papanin were the first to participate in the Arctic Dictation – 2025.
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Text: Maria Ivanova, Photo: Nikolay Shchipko
