Growing shrubs in the Arctic of western Siberia. By B.C. Forbs.
This news about Arctic shrubs’ growing into trees over 2 m is already everywhere. Here is what the TIME magazine website says:
Researchers in Britain and Finland studied an area of 38,600 sq. mi (100,000 sq. km) in what’s known as the northwestern Eurasian tundra, which stretches from western Siberia to Finland. Surveys of vegetation in the region using both satellite data and local observations from reindeer herders showed that in 8 to 15% of the territory willow and alder shrubs had grown into trees over 6.5 ft. (2 m) tall over the past 30 to 40 years. That’s a period of time when temperatures in the Arctic have increased significantly, even faster than other parts of the planet.
So, it’s happening…
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by bolot on November 22, 2011
“A behind the scenes look at my trip to Chukotka, Russia. I was traveling around Chukotka starting with Anadyr (capital of Chukotka) and into the very deep Tundra where nobody lives except small tribal groups of reindeer herders, staying and photographing them in their everyday life, and it was a life changing experience.” (c) Sasha Leahovcenco.
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Dimitri Kieffer in Russia's Arctic.
At long last, the answer is given(!) to the question, How to get from from Chukotka to Magadan Oblast via Kamchatka overland.
Dimitri Kieffer, a Franco-American explorer, fellow of Explorers Club, gave the ultimate description of his winter walking journey from the farest point of Chukotka, Uelen, to Magadan (read the Kolyma Highway, the Road of Bones, that connects Yakutia’s Yakutsk and Magadan Oblast).
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by bolot on April 27, 2011
Polar bears on Wrangel Islands. Photo by Sergey Gorshkov.
Apr. 27, 2011 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released the report that identifies 13 of the richest and most vulnerable places in the Arctic Ocean that should be considered for protection as summer sea ice melts and industrial activity expands into newly accessible areas.
Russia’s Siberian and Far-Eastern places are in that list. See all 13 top priority areas featured in the report:
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