In October 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an updated version of a climate doctrine for Russia, 2023 version (RU), 2009 version (EN), which will be reviewed as part of development of a future state policy.1 In November, a group of researchers from four Russian universities published their analysis of the mission statements of the…
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Cuckoo clocks ahead of time in Tatarstan
Climate change continues to affects birds and plants, changing resource availability. This is causing problems for both the common and oriental cuckoos. Ornithologists in Kazan, Tatarstan completed research over a 1200km2 area between 1988 – 2023. The sub-taiga area includes forests, farms, lakes, rivers and other human settlements. They recorded arrival times, visual and audio…
Climate challenges for small indigenous groups in the Russian Arctic
[Ed. for further exploration of the topic, Matvienko cites 23 research studies from the last fifteen years included at the end of his article] Roshydromet’s data shows that the average annual air temperature in the Russian Arctic has warmed faster than other parts of the world. (Matvienko, 2023), affecting indigenous (Nenet, Evenk, Chutki) populations. These…
Climate Change and organic carbon in Rostov soils
Research has shown that there is an accumulation limit for organic carbon in Chernozem (black) soils, resulting in carbon emissions once that limit has been reached. Agricultural management practices can include crop rotation, fallowing, residue management and fertilisation to counter the less carbon-rich soils as they arise. The researchers previously studied a 40 year period…
Hot air in Kamchatka
Volcanoes, the Earth’s natural drama queens, have been getting chattier of late, especially in Kamchatka. The peninsula has 30 volcanoes and is one of the most volcanically active regions in the world. Klyuchevskoy has had a lot to say this week.. Unsurprisingly Russian volcanologists were already on the case, monitoring ash emissions, temperatures and explosive…
Highway to decomposed organic matter – heavy metals in Central Siberian forests
Mining and potential toxic elements (PTE) causing soil contamination is an internationally researched issue due to the transfer and resilience of the metallic elements in the soil affecting ecosystem health. Metals move from mining dump sites either as airborne elements or through plant root structures into the soil. The researchers studied the Vilyui plain on…
Highway to bottom sediment – heavy metals in the Russian Far East waters
Heavy metal pollution in Peter the Great Bay and Lake Khanka affects both biological organisms and accumulating in bottom sediments (BS) of both freshwater and seawater. Russian chemists ecided to find out more about the impact on the surrounding ecology by analysing each heavy metal phase, how it appears, what it does and where it…
Do carbon emissions affect investor returns in Russian stock markets?
Russia is a signatory to the Paris Climate Agreement and currently developing carbon trading options. The financial researchers wanted to find out more about the relationship between GHG emissions especially CO2 and the profitability of carbon or carbon-free firms. They define carbon risk as “the uncertain possibility of charging polluters for air pollution which depends…
What are soil CO2 emissions after Siberian wildfires?
Siberian boreal forest regions act as carbon sinks but are also affected by climate change impacts such as wildfires. Wildfires release carbon into the atmosphere and change soil decomposition and respiration. The scientists wanted to examine soil emissions, temperature, moisture and properties during successions after wildfires, using taiga study sites in Central Siberia. They expected…
Eco patriotism and political values in Russia
Russian environmental psychology is not well known. The researchers wanted to understand how Russians relate to nature and whether that affects their environmental behaviour. They also investigated a mix of post-Soviet political, psychological, sociological views and affect on behaviour. Previous research in Russia and Kazakhstan found a relationship between environmental concern predicting pro-environmental behaviour, but…
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