On top of the damage to infrastructure, Russia’s brutal attack has blighted Ukraine’s air, land and soil – not to mention the flora and fauna that once thrived in it.
Before Ukrainian biologist Mikhail Rusin can grab his shovel and venture afield to search for burrows of the endangered sandy blind mole-rat, he first needs to ask locals if there are land mines nearby. But that’s only one of the stresses of carrying out wildlife research in a war zone. In November 2022, Rusin, a […]
Six months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, efforts to assess the war’s environmental impact are still in their infancy. The relentless shelling of Ukrainian industrial sites has released poisonous…
The Russian army has burned forests and poisoned water supplies, flouting international law. As the UN draws up new guidelines, is it possible to wage an 'eco' war?