Severny Island, Russia
This image, acquired on 25 August 2020 by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites and processed by Iban Ameztoy, shows a detail of the northern edge of Severny Island, the northern island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago (Russia).
Severny Island is part of Russian Arctic National Park (RANP), a marine Protected Area playing a significant role in the conservation of rare and protected endemic species of the Arctic fauna and flora, included in the IUCN Red List and/or in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation.
In the summer of 2020, several bird species unusual for the latitude were spotted in RANP: Ivan Mizin, deputy director for research at RANP, attributes this to the strong winds caused by the global climate change that push birds further north.
The Copernicus Sentinel satellites are particularly useful for monitoring the impact of climate change in the Arctic region.
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