Scientists say Russia losing some Arctic territories because of warming

Russia is losing some Arctic territories because of global warming, Nikolai Kasimov, First Vice-President of Russian Geographical Society, Dean of Geographical Faculty of the Moscow State University, Member of RAS, said at the meeting meeting on the efficient and safe development of the Arctic chaired by Vladimir Putin.

According to him, degradation of permafrost in the Arctic can cause the loss of both engineering structures and territories in general. “We are losing territory on both the islands and along the coast because of thermal abrasion, advance of sea, ice melting. Therefore, it is a process we should permanently study and, perhaps, resist it somehow,” the scientist said.