Russian scientists have discovered that pollutants released into the air by remote industrial centres can enter the Caspian Sea, according to researcher Vladimir Tabunshchik at the Institute of Biology of the South Seas.
TASS quotes him as saying that the movement of air masses contaminated with industrial waste over long distances is explained by circulation processes in the atmosphere.
The agency's interlocutor clarified that the contamination was detected thanks to one of the weather satellites. "In our case, it was possible to identify nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, methane, ozone, carbon monoxide. I cannot name the exact values yet, the data is being analyzed, but even at this stage it is clear that the level of pollution is noticeably higher than, for example, in the basins of Russian rivers," said Tabunschik.
He informed that in 2025, a proposed expedition will try to measure the volume of harmful substances which settle on the water of rivers flowing into the Caspian Sea, and whether they accumulate, for example, in bottom sediments.
Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
