Greenpeace employees took samples of water and soil at seven different locations, here at Lake Pyasino. Photograph: Yuri Kozyrev/Novaya Gazeta Several major environmental disasters have occurred in the Taymyr region of Siberia in recent months, including the accident...
Temperature map for the month of May 2020. Values above (red) and below (blue) the long-term mean. (Photo: Modis/NEO/Nasa) When one thinks of Siberia, thoughts of cold and frost immediately come to the mind. However, that is not the case at the moment. The last winter...
The Yamal-Nenets traditionally depend on their reindeer herds. Within Russia, they sell the meat, the antlers end up as a supposed virility enhancement in Chinese markets. Photo: PW PIX After a severe outbreak of anthrax among the world’s largest reindeer...
An image of the Ambarnaya River just before it flows into Lake Pyasino north of Norilsk on May 31, 2020, taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, showing the waters colored red by the spilled diesel. Photo: ESA The disaster in Norilsk is strongly linked to...
Time and again there are fires in the Russian tundra, which are go out of control and are difficult to extinguish. (Photo: NASA) Forest fires in Siberia are bringing even more misery to an area already closed off because of the coronavirus pandemic. Nine Siberian...
