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Ihor Syrota: We have significant losses of reconstructed and modernized equipment at Dnipro HPP CEO Ukrhydroenergo commented on the situation regarding the morning shelling as of 12:00 a.m. on March 22 during the national telethon: ◼ Emergency services are working at the HPP. The fire has been localized. ◼ The engine room is full of smoke and it is impossible to allow specialists to enter the site to examine the damage to the hydraulic structure and electrical equipment. ◼ We test different modes of water release from the upper reservoir. ◼ By the end of the day, we expect more detailed information on what we managed to save and what capacities we can connect to the unified power system and our further needs for restoration. ◼ The inadequate response of the international community to the Kakhovka HPP disaster led to the current situation. If there had been rational decisions and sanctions imposed by the international community, the russian army would not have dared to fire missiles at our hydroelectric facilities again. #Ukrhydroenergo #DniproHPP https://lnkd.in/drGFtJSd

After several years, the CANARI and Government of Grenada National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) is now available! Full document available for download at: https://lnkd.in/g3QW6x78 or Chapter 2 (attached) for current ecosystem status including our summary of the offshore islands in the Grenadines.

International partners are ready to help with restoration of Dnipro HPP This was announced by Ukrhydroenergo CEO Ihor Syrota on national TV Channel 24. Live broadcast (stated as of 14:30, at March 22): ◼ We will restore the Dnipro HPP as soon as possible. We already discussed the reconstruction of the station with our international partners and financial institutions. They are ready to support us. This is enormous and expensive amount of work to be done. ◼ The missile strikes were launched since 04:10 am, at March 22 until almost 7 am. The fire was localized around 8 am. Dnipro HPP is currently out of service. ◼ Dnipro HPP is the most powerful station in the Dnipro cascade. It plays an important role in ensuring the stability of Ukraine's power system. We have lost critical capacity for an indefinite period of time. https://lnkd.in/dscbWNqm #Ukrhydroenergo #DniproHPP

On the night of August 11th, at 02:10:57 Moscow time, Russia will launch its first mission to Earth's natural satellite in 47 years. The launch will be conducted from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region, near the town of Tsiolkovsky. The three-stage carrier rocket "Soyuz-2.1b", equipped with the basic booster "Fregat", is set to send the interplanetary station "Luna-25" on its trajectory to the Moon. Its predecessor, the Soviet "Luna-24", was launched on August 9th, 1976. Since then, neither the USSR nor Russia itself have organized missions to the Moon. A unique feature of this expedition is that, for the first time in history, the landing site chosen is located in the southern polar region of our planet's natural satellite, north of the impact crater Boguslavsky. Soviet stations always landed at lower latitudes, closer to the equator. The station consists of a landing platform and a non-hermetic instrument container. Its tasks include testing soft landing technology, studying the Moon's surface and exosphere, as well as analyzing the soil near the landing site. The duration of the mission is one year. https://lnkd.in/enPdZ-9j

Memories: Geoarcheological expedition at Rupublic of Tuva to enable the extension of Trans Siberian Rail Way Route..

The proposed #BlackMesaPumpedStorage (BMPSP) is divided into three (north, east, and south) projects on Black Mesa's northern edge. There are 9 reservoirs in total, which would use 126 trillion gallons of Navajo water. #NoBMPSP #ProtectNavajoWater #NoFalseSolutions #TóBeeIiná

In early April, the R/V Marcus G. Langseth continued its NSF South Africa work on a transit from Cape Town, South Africa to Walvis Bay, Namibia. Transits are a great time for the crew of the R/V Marcus G. Langseth to catch up on vessel maintenance and prepare for the next expedition, writes Jesus Gaytan, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Office of Marine Operations. Here, the crew is configuring CTDs for the upcoming expedition. The primary function of a CTD is to detect how the conductivity and temperature of the water column change relative to depth (📷 by Cody Bahlau). Conductivity is a measure of how well a solution conducts electricity, and it is directly related to salinity. By measuring the conductivity of seawater, the salinity can be derived from the temperature and pressure of the same water. The depth is then derived from the pressure measurement by calculating the density of water from the temperature and the salinity. Often, CTDs are attached to a much larger metal frame called a rosette, which may hold water-sampling bottles that are used to collect water at different depths, as well as other sensors that can measure additional physical or chemical properties. 🚢 Learn more about Lamont's R/V Marcus G. Langseth: https://lnkd.in/eKgTUp8R

The Middle East on the edge of a volcano

N° 524 | Russia Badge for Hydrographical Expedition to the Arctic Ocean Taimir-Vaigach 1913 - 1915 R5 https://lnkd.in/dBswgPuz The Russia Badge for Hydrographical Expedition to the Arctic Ocean Taimir-Vaigach 1913 - 1915 R5 is a significant historical item from Russia. This silver badge, measuring 41x38 mm, is enameled and features a photo of Nikolay Alexandrovich Gelshert, who was associated with the expedition. The owner of this particular badge was Viktor Nilender. The original name of the expedition is "Гидрографическая Экспедиция в Северном Ледовитом Океане Таймыр-Вайгач 1913-1915." The condition of the badge is listed as "Condition-I." The badge represents the Hydrographic Expedition to the Arctic Ocean that took place between 1913 and 1915. It holds historical significance because it was during this expedition that the last great geographical discovery of the Russian Arctic was made. The expedition discovered the Northern Earth (then known as the Land of Emperor Nicholas II) and successfully completed the first passage of the Northern Sea Route from Vladivostok to Arkhangelsk, with a wintering stop at Cape Chelyuskina. However, in Soviet times, the history of this expedition was either suppressed or falsified. The main reason for this was the involvement of Admiral Kolchak in its organization, as well as the subsequent emigration of most officers after the Russian Revolution. As a result, this expedition, which was one of the most productive and prosperous Arctic expeditions of the early 20th century, was "lost" or removed from historical records.

I would highly recommend tuning into this online Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) event if you are at all interested in Arctic geopolitics. #norway's Svalbard archipelago is a unique and important area when it comes to testing political boundaries in the rapidly-warming Arctic region. #arctic #cisis #internationalaffairs #climatechange #security #russia