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Research vessel overlooking a glacier
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Arctic Glaciers, a Peruvian Volcano, and a Russian Famine

by Santiago Flórez 11 October 202222 February 2023

A team studying Russian glaciers found evidence that a volcanic eruption in southern Peru changed the planet’s climate at the beginning of the 17th century.

The Zapolyarnoye gas field in the Russian Arctic in 2013
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Projection: $110 Billion in Repairs for Russian Pipelines on Permafrost

by Jenessa Duncombe 16 December 20218 September 2022

Permafrost thaw is a major threat to pipelines in the Russian Arctic, particularly those carrying natural gas.

A rock balances on a thin leg of ice.
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An Explanation, at Last, for Mysterious “Zen Stones”

by Katherine Kornei 2 November 202128 March 2023

Laboratory experiments re-create the thin, icy pedestals that support some rocks in nature, revealing that sublimation plays a key role in the formation of these rare and beautiful structures.

The Duvannyi Yar thaw site on the Kolyma River in Siberia
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Minimal Evidence of Permafrost Carbon in Siberia’s Kolyma River

by Terri Cook 20 September 202128 February 2022

New research finds that Arctic rivers currently transport limited permafrost-derived dissolved organic carbon, which has implications for understanding the region’s changing carbon cycle—and its potential to accelerate climate change.

Krasnoyarsk sunset over the mountains
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Siberian Heat Wave Nearly Impossible Without Human Influence

by Michael Allen 17 June 202128 April 2022

A new study finds that the exceptional temperatures seen in Siberia in the first half of 2020 would have been extremely unlikely without anthropogenic climate change.

Image of Mount Elbrus in Russia
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Fragrances in an Ice Core Tell a Story of Human Activity

by Carolyn Wilke 6 August 202019 October 2022

An ice core from Europe’s highest peak contains scent-imparting molecules whose trends mirror the Soviet Union’s economic ups and downs.

banks of the lower Kolyma River at Duvannyi Yar in northern Siberia erode and collapse toward the river in August 2018.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Organic Matter in Arctic River Shows Permafrost Thaw

by David Shultz 7 April 202029 September 2021

Samples from two waterways in northern Siberia—the main stem of the Kolyma River and a headwater stream in the river’s watershed—indicate the differing sources and ages of carbon they contain.

Red-hued image of a nuclear mushroom cloud
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Nuclear Winter May Bring a Decade of Destruction

by Sarah Derouin 27 September 201928 February 2022

New climate models present a grim prediction of what would happen worldwide after a nuclear war between the United States and Russia.

The Klyuchevskoy volcano in eastern Russia during an eruption that began in April 2016 and lasted about 6 months.
Posted inScience Updates

Understanding Kamchatka’s Extraordinary Volcano Cluster

by N. M. Shapiro, C. Sens-Schönfelder, B. G. Lühr, M. Weber, I. Abkadyrov, E. I. Gordeev, I. Koulakov, A. Jakovlev, Y. A. Kugaenko and V. A. Saltykov 1 May 20178 November 2021

An international seismological collaboration in Kamchatka, Russia, investigates the driving forces of one of the world’s largest, most active volcano clusters.

The Enguri Dam, nestled in the highly seismic mountains of the Caucasus, is surrounded by steep, landslide-prone slopes.
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International Effort Tackles Landslide Hazards to Keep the Peace

by A. Tibaldi and N. Tsereteli 30 January 201713 January 2022

Earth scientists work with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to help keep a border-straddling hydroelectric power plant on the Black Sea coast safe from landslides.

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