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May 16, 2023
A system for modeling and forecasting climate in the Arctic is being created by scientists from the Karelian Research Center RAS and Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory within a major federal project. A numerical model of the Arctic Ocean and its atmosphere is currently being developed. Such a system is necessary for planning large investment projects that depend on the possible effects of climate change.
May 3, 2023
Editions prepared by scientists from KarRC RAS receive diplomas of the Republic of Karelia Book of the Year 2022 contest! The Book of the Year title was awarded to the volume «Peter – the Famous Tsar = Pedri - kuulužu kuningas» compiled by Senior Researcher at ILLH KarRC RAS Valentina Mironova. The winner in the Light of Science category is the monograph «Lithospheric Structure and Dynamics of the White Sea Region» released by the KarRC RAS Editorial and Publishing Department; Editor-in-charge – Dr. of Geology and Mineralogy Nikolai Sharov.
April 28, 2023
Approximately 1.5% of ticks in Karelia are infected with the tick-borne encephalitis virus and over 32% are infected with borrelia. These results were obtained by scientists through a study carried out jointly with the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Republic of Karelia. Specialists from the Institute of Biology KarRC RAS worked for two seasons receiving ticks from citizens to determine their species composition and estimate the rate of infection with agents of especially dangerous diseases.