The environment in the Russian arctic: Status reportFootnote¹

We would like to thank our many colleagues, who provided us with information on a variety of issues involving Arctic environmental problems. They include V. O. Mokievsky (Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences); L. T. Myach and her colleagues at the Institute of Global Climate and Ecology, Russian State Committee on Hydrometerology, and Russian Academy of Sciences; and A. A. Tishkov and I. V. Pokrovskaya (Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences).

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