2020 shaping up to be among warmest years on record says WMO
This year is shaping up to be among warmest years on record with extreme temperatures observed around the world, including
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Environment (Russia)
Northern climate change will cost country €99 billion says Russia’s Minister of the Arctic
Direct damage on buildings and infrastructure will be up to €99 billion, says Deputy Minister of the Far East and
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Permafrost melting did not trigger oil spill catastrophe, says Russian control authority
A report from federal technical inspection authority Rostekhnadzor concludes that construction faults and maintenance negligence were main reasons for the
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Barents region’s largest air polluter to winddown on December 25
Smelting will stop on December 25 at the plant in Nikel near Russia’s border to Norway. Tens of thousands of
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Ice Blog – When the Arctic ice won’t freeze
Imagine you head for the North Pole to test your brand-new giant, state-of-the-art icebreaker – and you can’t find any
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North Pole ice cap too thin for testing Russia’s giant icebreaker
The Arktika icebreaker will have to undergo a second test-voyage to prove its capabilities to crush thick and hard sea-ice.
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Climate change is making the Arctic more hospitable, says Russian nuclear icebreaker captain
Skryabin on the 23rd September met with the President in connection with the official Day of nuclear industry employees. In
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Record-warm Arctic summer fatal to wild reindeer in Russia, say environmentalists
Temperature records are coming one after another across the Arctic. On the 15th August, Russian meteorologists measured 18,1° Celsius at Cape Sterligov
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Russian Indigenous groups call on Elon Musk to boycott company behind Arctic environmental disasters
The company that recently made international headlines for causing environmental disasters on the Taimyr Peninsula by spilling 20,000 tons of
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Russia to remove dangerous nuclear objects dumped on its Arctic sea floor
These objects are not environmentally safe, a representative of Rosatom made clear as he this week presented a clean-up plan
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Sea ice extent in the Arctic reaches historical low in July
The Arctic sea ice extent reached a record low in July, shrinking to levels not seen since satellite observation of
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Russian mayor charged over Arctic fuel spill resigns
The mayor of the Russian Arctic city of Norilsk, who was charged with negligence last month over a major fuel
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New Chinese Polar Institute icebreaker sets course for Arctic
The 122 meter long vessel on 15th July left its home port of Shanghai and sailed towards the north. It
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Climate change has prolonged Siberian heat by at least 600 times, say researchers
The Siberian heat wave that’s made headlines around the world in recent months would not have been possible without human-caused
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Indigenous groups paying the price for Russia’s massive Arctic fuel spill
In 2017, the New York Times called Norilsk “Russia’s coldest and most polluted industrial city.” It may not be getting colder but
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