More than 20,000 tons of diesel oil were spilled when a fuel reservoir on Russia’s Arctic Taymyr peninsula collapsed. (Photo: morspas.com) The leakage of diesel oil from a storage tank in Norilsk is unprecedented and will have a significant negative impact on...
Rapid detection of methane in the bubbles on site by lighting on a lake near Fairbanks in Alaska. (Photo: AWI, Guido Grossen) The lakes in the northern latitudes are considered to be an important source of the greenhouse gas methane. In order to improve the existing...
The collapsed bridge has caused headaches for Murmansk logistics. (Photo: gov-murman.ru) The bridge over the Kola River was built in 1930 and modernized in 2014. Last week, the aging infrastructure failed to withstand the rapidly rising waters and collapsed. Engineers...
Russia closed its borders to non-Russians on March 18. (Photo: Pyry Sarkiola / Yel News) A man stranded at the Finnish-Russian border station Vaalimaa in mid-March has been stranded on the Finnish side of the border for more than two months. Restrictions on freedom of...
After the collapse of a strut in the foundation of the tank plant, a massive oil leak occurred. Hundreds of workers are busy cleaning up (Photo: Sputnik News) Norilsk is probably the toughest city in Russia. The approximately 180,000 inhabitants live completely...
