Russia emergencies minister dies during Arctic exercise
Russia’s emergencies minister, Yevgeny Zinichev, has died while attempting to save another man’s life during a civil defence training exercise…
Russia’s emergencies minister, Yevgeny Zinichev, has died while attempting to save another man’s life during a civil defence training exercise…
European satellite research suggests Russian glaciers and ice caps in two Arctic archipelagos are annually leaking enough meltwater to fill…
The last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, has warned that civilisation could be on the brink of destruction after the end…
Russia’s Arctic has seen the number of threatened species rise as the Kremlin seeks to exploit melting ice by extracting…
The world’s first floating nuclear power station, known as a “floating Chernobyl” or “nuclear Titanic” by its opponents, is ready…
In the New Siberian Islands, the Northern Clover military base on Kotelny has become one of Russia’s latest strongholds. The…
The United States says it will invest billions of dollars in an icebreaking fleet that can navigate thick ice to…
The Akademik Lomonosov (pictured), called Russia’s “floating Chernobyl” by environmentalists, is due to be wired into the electrical grid in…
Environmental activists are suing the Norwegian government for issuing oil exploration licences, despite signing up to the Paris accord on…
Russia’s defence ministry website is offering a “virtual tour” of its new Arctic military base, which looks to reinforce the…
The warming process is self-reinforcing, say scientists. Source: Pixabay The Arctic Ocean has “extraordinarily hot” surface and air temperatures, which are stopping…