Artic region Current Affairs, GK & News
Akademik Lomonosov: Russia launches world’s first floating nuclear reactor
Russia launched world’s first floating nuclear reactor called Akademik Lomonosov, sending it on epic journey across the Arctic. It was launched and loaded with nuclear fuel from Arctic port of Murmansk for its 5,000 kilometre voyage to Pevek in northeastern Siberia. On arriving in Pevek, it will replace local nuclear plant and closed coal plant. ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Akademik Lomonosov • Artic region • Chernobyl on ice • floating nuclear reactor • Nuclear technology • nuclear Titanic • Rosatom • Russia • World’s first
Arctic Region hits record high temperature over land: NOAA
The average temperature over Arctic land for the year ending in September 2015 was the highest on record indicating that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as other parts of the Earth. It was revealed by the annual Arctic Report Card of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a federal agency of US for ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Topics: Artic region • Climate change • Current Affairs 2016 • Enviornment • Global warming • NOAA
Russia renews bid for Arctic regions
Russia has renewed its efforts to get the United Nations (UN) recognition for 1.2 million square kilometers of the Arctic shelf region which it claims to be its sovereign territory. In this regard, Russia has forwarded its fresh bid to UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf backed by scientific data. However all ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Artic region • Canada • Current Affairs 2016 • Denmark • Norway • Russia • United Nations • US