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To severe conditions of the Arctic regions and the circumpolar region and adapted plants, and animals. Local flora small size of dwarf trees, mosses, lichens. They eat ungulates (muskoxen, reindeer) and small animals (Arctic hare, lemming). Other animals such as foxes, owls, prey on herbivores. Polar bears prefer sea creatures. …

In the Arctic scientists during Kola expedition found the hearth of the home of the Saami, and weapons of the middle Ages. Archaeologists have discovered artifacts in the Kovdor district of the Murmansk region. According to known data, helped scientists to find artifacts from the local cottager, who reported strange …

The melting of ice in the Arctic sets recordsReducing the area of ice in the Arctic in the summer of the fourth year of records reaches sause observations: 4.6 million square kilometers. According to scientists, the reduction of ice in the Arctic depends on summer period, and the state, which …

The eruption of tropical volcanoes is responsible for the appearance of ozone holes in the Arctic. Scientists of the Tomsk Institute of monitoring of climatic and ecological systems Siberian branch of RAS determined the cause of giant ozone hole over the Arctic. The research is aimed for publication in the …

Scientists of the Russian Federation and Sweden have jointly determined that the Arctic glacier is melting faster than expected. At the moment, its thickness is reduced to 18 inches annually. In addition, the melting can trigger large methane emissions out of the thick ice, which can cause irreparable damage to …

Comfort and practicality are not devoid of style and taste. Every person today knows what a “house on wheels”. Most often it is the trailer or the trailer, or module for a vehicle in which to live, being in nature. Unfortunately, for obvious reasons, such a “house” very rarely provide …

The photographer raised the question of ecology. Glaciers in the Arctic are melting faster than in any other place on Earth. According to forecasts, by the end of the 21st century, the global sea level will rise by 2.5 meters, which will lead to the displacement of millions of people …

Stunning shots taken in Svalbard. Photographer Joshua Holko (Joshua Holko) specializiruetsya on shooting landscapes and wildlife. Of particular interest to him cause of polar and Subpolar regions of the globe. “Ghosts of the Arctic” Holko shot at a frost up to -30 ° C, looking for together with his team …

In the development of the Arctic shelf will be invested 250 billion rubles.The Russian state company Rosneft in the process of drilling the Central Olginskaya-1 from the shore of the Peninsula Khara-Tumus Khatanga Bay of the Laptev sea opened the first oil field on the shelf of the Eastern Arctic. …

Norwegian scientists have solved an interesting mystery in the ArcticAccording to geophysicists, the craters on the seabed, perhaps as a consequence of the big Bang that occurred at the end of the last ice age. The result of what was happening at the time of natural processes has been a …