Moscow megacity is experiencing the largest net population growth in Russia and across Europe, resulting in significant climatic and hydrological changes of the small rivers. High-frequency (30-min) automatic streamflow and sediment monitoring with turbidity sensors was performed in 2019-2024 across the Setun River-the major tributary of the Moskva River, with a 190 km2 catchment area….
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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…
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…
Islands in the Moscow Sun
The research study highlights the changes of Urban Heat Islands (UHI) and Urban Dry Islands (UDI) intensities over the city of Moscow, Russia during the period from the end of 19th century until past years. The major reason for this is the intense growth of the city throughout the past decades. UHI can be described…
Russian Climate Research 