WMO global temperature update finds 2020 one of three warmest years on record
The year 2020 shaped up to be one of the three warmest years on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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Russia
Russia has never been this hot
It was the warmest year on record across the whole country, and Arctic regions smashed the temperature norm by up
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Top Russian official on Arctic affairs resigns
Aleksandr Krutikov was expected to play a key role in Russia’s upcoming chairmanship in the Arctic Council The First Deputy
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Russia wants to boost tourism to Arctic archipelago
Government developers call for the building of Russian cruise vessels that can bring wealthy travelers to the far northern Franz
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Tankers set course for thick ice as part of experiment on Northern Sea Route
As natural gas carrier Christophe de Margerie sails eastwards towards China, the Nikolay Zubov enters the Bering Strait in the
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Russian scientists hope to identify wreckage of legendary Arctic icebreaker in 2021
The Russian navy plans to deploy a team of divers in 2021 to explore the wreckage of a ship believed
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What is happening with Arctic weather? Moscow wants to know
The Russian government decides to upgrade 123 meteorological stations in the Arctic. The network of meteorological stations has degraded over many
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Remains of ice age woolly rhinoceros found in melting Siberian permafrost
A well-preserved ice age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from permafrost in
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Russian fishing boat capsizes in Barents Sea leaving 17 people missing
Seventeen sailors are still missing after the sinking of a Russian ship on Monday in the northern Barents Sea. The
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Record-breaking heat followed by extreme cold on Russian Arctic coast
The year is coming to a close with temperatures down to minus 50 °C in parts of northern Siberia. Temperatures
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Rosatom to build small-scale land-based nuclear plant in northern Yakutia by 2028
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said Thursday that it has reached another milestone in its plans to build a small-scale
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Russia’s Northern Fleet begins 2nd stage of COVID-19 vaccination
Russian military medics have begun the second stage of vaccination of the Northern Fleet personnel, defence officials announced Thursday. Thousands
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Potanin: ‘This is a historic event for Nornickel’
The polluting smeler in Nikel was shut down forever on Dec. 23. “Today will be a symbolic event — the
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Shipping on Northern Sea Route breaks record
More than 32 million tons of goods has been shipped on the Russian Arctic shipping route in 2020. As Russia’s
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Russia’s Northern Fleet prepares Arctic deployment of hypersonic Kinzhal missile
Training of personnel and building of infrastructure for the new weapon starts in 2021, Russian military representatives say. A decision
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