Russian prime minister Mikhail Mishustin stated the need to develop a national system for monitoring the state of permafrost.
"It is necessary to continue actively developing the national system for monitoring the state of permafrost. The president instructed to increase the number of stations in a short time," the prime minister said, noting that 20 stations for monitoring the state of permafrost were created in 2023, and by the beginning of 2026 it is planned to increase their number to 140.
Mishustin informed that the Russian hydrometeorological service will cooperate more with regional authorities in its work on forecasting natural hazards.
According to the prime minister, more than a dozen domestic space satellites and research vessels will help improve the accuracy of forecasts, including the new ice vessel Ivan Frolov, for the construction of which the government has allocated 40 billion rubles, as well as the new Vostok wintering complex in Antarctica, which will facilitate navigation along the Northern Sea Route.
According to Roshydromet, the share of dangerous phenomena that meteorologists warn about reached 96% in 2023, goarctic.ru reports.
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