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Jul 23, 2023 · NORILSK, Russia -- Photographer Aleksandr Kharitonov grew up in the remote Russian mining city of Norilsk, located above the Arctic Circle. His images of its landscapes, remnants of its Soviet...
Dec 10, 2021 · Stunning Photos from Russia's Norilsk—The World's Northernmost City! By Stephanie Valera. 10 December, 2021. TWC India. 1/34. Winters are long and cold in Norilsk, Russia, with an...
- Dying Forests and Pollution Visible from Space
- A ‘Mountain River’ of Diesel Fuel
- Putin Plays ‘The Good Czar’
- ‘We Kill Our Children and Leave Them A Trash Heap’
The story of Norilsk’s pollution is written in the trees: 5.9 million acres of dead and dying boreal forest downwind from the Norilsk Nickel compound — a scar larger than New Jersey, slashed into the largest forested region on Earth. In tree ring samples, scientists havepinpointed the great rush of sulfur dioxide pollution that began in 1942, when ...
Klyushin and other local environmental activists agitated for years for Rosprirodnadzor, the Russian environmental protection agency, to establish an office in Norilsk. They succeeded early last year, and the job of chief deputy went to Vasily Ryabinin, then 39, a chemist, who had previously worked at Norilsk Nickel but left after his beloved mento...
Putin reacted sharply to news of the diesel spill last year, which came only weeks after he unveileda new strategic plan for the Arctic, a vision of resource development and environmental protection going hand in hand. “Why did the authorities find out about this only two days later?” Putin asked in avideo conference callwith regional and company o...
Norilsk Nickel, pledging to cut sulfur dioxide emissions by 90 percent by 2025, has said it will spend at least $4.1 billion on a project calledSulphur Programme 2.0. “In my opinion, the implementation of the project will fundamentally change the ecological situation in our city,” Norilsk’s current mayor, Dmitry Kasarev, who previously worked for N...
This image, taken on 13 October 2021, shows the city of Norilsk on the Taymyr Peninsula in Siberia. Norilsk is the most populous city in the Russian Arctic. In recent years, the city has endured the effects of climate change, particularly thawing permafrost.
Mar 21, 2019 · In our latest Through the Lens, Russian photographer Elena Chernyshova explores what it’s like to live in a city 400km north of the Arctic Circle.
Dec 9, 2021 · Photographer Elena Chernyshova captures life in Norilsk, Russia, one of the world's darkest, coldest and most polluted cities. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com.
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Jul 3, 2020 · Norilsk was built in Stalin's times by gulag prisoners. This gritty industrial city is a testament to their endurance both of the cruelty of Stalin's regime and of the harsh polar climate.
