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February 14, 2024
Russia has suspended the payment of annual contributions to the Arctic Council. The officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the RF told this to RIA Novosti Agency. It is noted that the payment is suspended until the resumption of practical work in this format with the participation of all member states. The ministry officials added that Moscow may consider withdrawing from this organization, but at the moment, they are not considering it.
February 14, 2024
Kiev deliberately allowed the spill of oil products into the rivers of the Kharkiv oblast after the strike of the Armed Forces of the RF on February 9 at a military facility of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF). The Ukrainian military-political officials plan to blame Russia for the environmental damage, military expert, retired Lt. Col. Andrey Marochko told RIA Novosti.
February 7, 2024
Pollution risks worsening global water scarcity. Water scarcity could affect three billion more people than previously expected by mid-century, with increased pollution rendering river sources "unsafe" for humans and wildlife, researchers warned Tuesday.
The UN's climate science panel has said that around half the world's population currently faces severe water scarcity for at least a month a year and warned that global warming impacts and rising demand are key risks to global supply.
February 6, 2024
Permafrost alone holds back Arctic rivers—and a lot of carbon. New research from Dartmouth College provides the first evidence that the Arctic's frozen soil is the dominant force shaping Earth's northernmost rivers.
January 31, 2024
The EU is shifting its spending priorities from greening the economy to investing in defence, as the bloc faces backlash over climate regulation and grapples with war in Ukraine. Faced with tightening national budgets, member states have reduced a common fund designed to spur innovation in the bloc from €10bn to €1.5bn — and have ensured that it can only be used for defence-related projects, not green technology or other climate-related investments.
January 23, 2024
Climatologists believe that the scientific isolation of RF negatively affects the study of the Arctic climate. According to American and European researchers, 21 research stations from the INTERACT Network were stopped in the spring of 2022 due to geopolitical events in Ukraine and attempts by Western states to isolate Russia from the rest of the world and in the scientific field.
January 15, 2023
NASA Identifies $1 Billion ISS Deorbiting Solution. US space agency, NASA, has found a solution to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) costing upwards of $1 billion. The solution involves designing and constructing a towing vehicle that can safely deorbit ISS once it reaches its projected lifespan end in 2030. NASA has reportedly requested the funds through their “FY 2024 Budget Request Agency Summary.”
December 22, 2023
The US has "without any preliminary arrangement or permission" extended the boundaries of its continental shelf in the Barents Sea and the Arctic. On 19th December, the State Department released geographic coordinates defining the outer limits of the U.S. continental shelf in areas beyond 200 nautical miles from the coast, known as the extended continental shelf (ECS). The continental shelf is an extension of the country's land area on the seabed.
December 7, 2023
Drought data shows “an unprecedented emergency on a planetary scale”: UN. UNCCD launches ‘Global Drought Snapshot’ report at COP28 in collaboration with International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA).
November 11, 2023
New research maps 14 potential evolutionary dead ends for humanity and ways to avoid them. Humankind risks getting stuck in 14 evolutionary dead ends, ranging from global climate tipping points to misaligned artificial intelligence, chemical pollution, and accelerating infectious diseases.