Tag Archives: Ukraine

Ukraine: Destruction of the Kachovka Dam has negative and positive consequences

By | March 14, 2025

In June 2023, the Kakhovka Dam, which contained one of the largest reservoirs in Europe, collapsed as a result of military attacks. Researchers led by the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) have published a study on the ecological consequences of the dam failure in the journal Science. They show that toxic contamination of the exposed sediments of the former reservoir poses a previously overlooked long-term threat… Continue reading

War in Ukraine forces aircraft to take longer routes and increases CO2 emissions

By | February 13, 2025

According to a new study, global carbon dioxide emissions from aviation rose by 1% in 2023 because planes had to fly longer routes to avoid Russian airspace. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Western airlines were banned from flying over Russia. This forced them to take much longer routes between Europe or North America and… Read more »