Russian scientists publish their research on climate change in the Arctic and on the state of permafrost in scientific publications, and information about the climate is not being withheld, said Alexey Kokorin, an expert on climate issues at the Nature and People Foundation.
Earlier, the New York Times reported that Western scientists are deprived of crucial data on climate change due to sanctions against the Russian Federation. The article notes that the flow of information between Western and Russian scientists has fallen to a minimum.
"All scientific information about the climate and permafrost is not hidden, but is published in the scientific press, in open access," TASS quotes Kokorin as saying.
According to him, Russian meteorologists are now rapidly developing a network of observation points for permafrost, research is being conducted in the Arctic, and all scientific data is not hidden in any way. In addition, a report on the state of the climate in the territory of the Russian Federation is published annually in the spring.
In turn, Alexey Yurasov, Professor of the Department of Nanoelectronics at RTU MIREA, Doctor of Physico-Mathematical Sciences, noted that the information exchange and severance of contacts with Western scientists, which has decreased due to sanctions against Russia, harms the entire scientific spectrum.
"Indeed, due to the severance of contacts with Western scientists, the exchange of scientific information has significantly decreased and this applies not only to the Arctic, but also to the entire range of scientific research. Such restrictions harm both the development of scientific knowledge and the development of civilization as a whole," the expert said.
Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
