Rosatom State Corporation and the Marine Research Center of the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) have prolonged an agreement on the integrated monitoring and environmental safety of the Northern Sea Route in 2023-2024 during the VIII Eastern Economic Forum.
The project to carry out environmental monitoring and study the environmental situation in the waters of the Northern Sea Route has been underway since 2021. The purpose of the project is to ensure the ecological safety of the route and the development of measures to reduce the negative impact on the environment in accordance with Russian and international environmental standards.
The cooperation provides for year-round and systematic environmental monitoring of the Northern Sea Route water based on satellite monitoring data, operational data from stations on the route, associated and special ship surveys. The results obtained are entered into a single database and processed by digital services. Further work on the analysis of the received information is carried out by MSU specialists together with an expert group including leading specialists of Russian and foreign scientific centers, korabel.ru reports.
Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished
