Research from Tatarstan between 2018-23 reviewing winter bird species richness: We show for the first time the results of a study into the spatial distribution of birds in forests at the eastern edge of Europe (Republic of Tatarstan, Russia) and changes from early to late winter. A transect method was used to census randomly selected…
Tag: climate change
How are Russian apples and apple trees faring with climate change?
Trees Researchers analysed and completed physiological-biochemical studies to find out the impact of climate change and winter stress on different species. They compared species from the North Caucasian Federal Scientific Center of Horticulture, Viticulture, Winemaking (SKFNCSV) with three non-native species that are ripe in winter. They found two species appear to be most suited to…
Remote sensing of Mongolian grasslands
Mongolia has 156 million hectares of grasslands, with approximately two-thirds as pasture and 1.7 million hectares for agriculture. Over half of Mongolia’s grasslands are classified as degraded, partly due to overgrazing. They wish to improve monitoring of vegetation health. With global desertification increasing alongside global temperature rise, researchers at the Botanic Garden and Research Institute…
Can Steppe trees grow fast enough to suit international climate agreements?
Researchers from Voronezh reviewed the planned timeframes for carbon absorption / emissions reduction in the Paris climate agreement, which has separate credits for projects lasting 5, 10 and 15 years with some extensions. A common method is to use reforestation together with forestry management to help absorb carbon. They noted that most Reducing Emissions from…
What is in defrosted Russian Arctic ice?
Carbon deposits in thawing permafrost include widely reported methane gases released as bubbles and present in craters across Siberia. Scientists wanted to find out more about the greenhouse emissions and what was in the defrosted ground ice including dissolved organic matter (DOM) and particulate organic matter (POM). They studied four locations across the Russian arctic…
Is climate change affecting buffalo treehoppers?
There were 213 records between 2017 and 2023. Originating from North America, they appeared in Europe in 20th century including Russia in the second half of the century. They are usually found in summer and early autumn. Russian researchers wanted to review the impact of climate change on their species distribution across Russian wood and…
Inspecting climate, chlorine and carcinogens in southern Baikal’s water
248,000 water samples between 2011 and 2022 were recently investigated by researchers at the East-Siberian Institute of Medical and Ecological Research, in Angarsk. Lake Baikal is the world’s largest freshwater lake. It is a UNESCO protected site, also protected in Russian national legislation. Chemical engineering and agro-industrial sites in the region also access the water,…
Climate concerns of Russian businesses
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…
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…
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…
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