Black Sea needs 20-year recovery from Russian tanker oil spill as contamination spreads
Two Russian tankers spill 4,000 tons of fuel oil causing $14 billion environmental damage in Black Sea, with contamination spreading to Ukrainian waters.
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Crimea on brink of environmental collapse after Kerch Bridge construction, experts say
Environmental experts raise alarms over the severe pollution of Crimea’s Black Sea coastline, which they attribute to military drills, infrastructure damage, and toxic spills. Occupied Crimea faces a looming ecological catastrophe, with restricted beach access and devastated natural reserves.
Russia’s war devastates Black Sea ecosystems and communities
A year after the Kakhovka dam attack, activists are racing against the clock to prevent an eco-collapse fueled by drifting mines and war-driven pollution.
Ukrainian scientists race to document soil fungi amid ongoing war
Ukrainian researchers are conducting a nationwide soil sampling project to study fungal diversity. The study contributes to a global database, fills knowledge gaps about Ukraine's fungi, and may help assess the war's environmental impact. 34 contributors collected 225 samples from 21 regions.
Ukrainians witnessed the northern lights (the aurora borealis) in multiple cities (photos)
This is an extremely rare phenomenon in Ukraine. Locals witnessed it in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Chernihiv.
Ukraine recorded over 265 Russian environmental crimes, including 14 cases of ecocide
Each day of Russia's war inflicts an estimated $127 million in environmental damages on Ukraine
Russian war inflicts USD 522 bn damage on Luhansk Oblast environment, Ukraine says
Ukraine estimates the cost of environmental damage in Luhansk Oblast caused by the Russian invasion at over $522…
Putin’s aggression is the last call to end global fossil fuel addiction – opinion
Let us compare Europe in 2022 and 2023. According to official data for 2021, Europe was 45% dependent…
8 of Europe’s 10 dirtiest coal power plants are in Ukraine
Global trends Ukraine is often neglected in global energy reports; compared to dragons such as China, the country…
Ukraine can save its nature, earn money, and move closer to the EU. Here is how
In 2020, the Ukrainian Parliament registered Bill No.4461 “On Territories of the Emerald Network”, under which Ukraine undertakes…
Ukrainian startup starts selling paper made from fallen leaves
During his school years, inventor Valentyn Frechka was a member of Ukraine's Minor Academy of Sciences -- a…
Meet the activists leading Ukraine’s battle for recycling
When the world started to care about trash it was already very late -- there was so much…
Plogging, the art of picking up litter while jogging, spreads in Ukraine
The history of plogging A new tendency which combines taking care of the environment and keeping fit is…
Dust storms, dry rivers, and desertification in Ukraine offer harsh lessons against intensive farming
#COVID19, fires near Chornobyl, now a sandstorm - what's next, locusts, ask Kyiv residents who are being asked…
Nord Stream 2 harming environment inside Russia, Greenpeace Russia says
Environmental activists have warned that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline threatens the Baltic Sea; now, Greenpeace Russia…
EU and Ukraine argue over timber exports while Carpathians become disaster area
The path to European integration hasn’t easy for Ukraine. Last month, the EU sent the Ukrainian government a…
Ecological disaster in Ukraine caused by Moscow’s invasion spreads into Russia, experts say
Just as was the case with the Chornobyl accident 25 years ago last month, the environmental damage caused…
Kyiv has a smog problem, and the authorities are ignoring it
During 8-10 March 2017, Ukraine's capital Kyiv was once again enveloped in smog. A thick fog blanketing the…