Tag: Russia - Page 2
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Dozens Feared Dead After Russian Oil Rig Collapse
Although no major environmental damage from an oil leak is expected from the non-operational rig, the incident highlights the troubling risks to human life resulting from the pursuit of increasingly difficult-to-reach sources of oil.
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Troubling Health Trends Hold Back Progress on Life Expectancy
Although average life expectancy worldwide continues to increase, gains have come more slowly in the last few decades.
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Most Popular Articles of September: Sleepbox in Moscow, Spicy Raspberry Sangria, and More (Slideshow)
Two years ago, Lloyd wrote that he liked the idea of the Sleepbox, but wasn't convinced it would work, due to concerns about its...misuse. But now it's a big hit in a Moscow airport.
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Rent a Tiny Sleepbox At Moscow Airport. For Sleeping.
When I first wrote about the Sleepbox two years ago, I was dubious that it would ever see the light of day, noting "It is an interesting exercise in seeing how small a space one can comfortably live in, but one
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Exxon, Russia Sign Deal For Arctic Oil, Plus Share Fracking Technology
A new deal has been reached between Exxon and Russian oil firm Rosneft. Under the $3.2 billion agreement oil exploration in the Arctic Kara Sea will take place in what The Guardian describes as "one of the last unconquered
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Northeast Passage Will Be Open Through September At Least, Russian Meteorologists Say
Russian meteorological authorities are confirming that Arctic sea ice has melted to levels that are "way below average...at historically low levels" (Times of India). Repeating something which has happened for several years now, the Northeast Passage
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Extremely Rare Leopards Caught on Film in Russia
Catching a glimpse of just one critically endangered Armur leopard is enough to wow any nature lover, but spotting a dozen is rarity indeed. Film footage released today by WWF, obtained from camera traps in the remote forests of
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Birds Get Helping Hand In Tough Siberian Winter
Winters are tough, to say the least, in Eastern Siberia, where temperatures can regularly plunge below minus-40 degrees
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Extreme Road Rage in Moscow Sparks Backlash
Plenty of the world's cities are known for their congested roads and insane traffic jams -- Beijing, New Delhi, Mexico City, and Istanbul all come readily to mind. But in Moscow, elites are taking their desire to avoid traffic to deadly extremes.
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Global Oil Consumption Hit Record High in 2010 - Demand Outpaces Supply Increases By One-Third
Some illuminating new stats on global oil production, consumption, and the shifting landscape of oil producing nations: Upstream Online reports that global oil consumption was up in 2010, bucking the trend for
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Experts Baffled by How a Kiwi Ended Up in Russia
It's a long way from the southern climes of New Zealand to the port city of Sochi, Russia -- especially for a creature with no obvious means of getting there. Nevertheless, an endangered (and flightless) kiwi was recently
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New St Petersburg Zoo Will Aim to Reunite Panagaea
The Leningrad, or St Petersburg Zoo, founded in 1865, is the oldest in Russia, and its age is indicative of its condition. Built in a time when zoos were designed to put animals on display rather than as centers of
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Salvaged Tree Stump Furniture By Denis Milovanov
This week, we've already heard about how Swedish furniture giant IKEA has, in Lloyd's words, "globalized cheap and run everyone else off the planet" -- or at least made it harder for the smaller guys to be seen and heard. That's
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Evergreens Advance North in Russia As Siberia Warms
An example of the kind of very tangible effects that climate change is causing right now: New research in Global Change Biology shows that the boreal forest in Russia is already experiencing noticeable shifts in
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Cardboard USB Sticks! Are these disposable USB flash drives a green option? (Photos)
A while back, Jaymi wrote an interesting post discussing 7 greener options for give-away USB flash drives. Whilst some made of wood or bamboo are truly gorgeous, they are also overdesigned, and probably too expensive to compete with non-green USB
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Russia Moves to Drill in Arctic, Oil Companies Follow Suit
The prospect of drilling for oil in Arctic waters has long made Americans and Canadians queasy (if not their oil companies), and for good reason: the frigid cold, dangerous
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Russian Oil Platform Plans Threaten Already Critically Endangered Gray Whales (Again)
An update on the months-old story of oil exploration off the coast of Russia's Sakhalin Island near feeding grounds of critically endangered Western North Pacific Gray Whales: Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, part owned by Shell, has announced plans
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Rare Gyrfalcons Fly Again After Smuggling Bust
'Tis the season for heart-warming stories. This one is about eight endangered gyrfalcons, who were recently released back to the wild after being seized by customs officials in Moscow. The birds were found "swaddled in cloth, hooded and
