As a child, Agnieszka Matejko's mother was among thousands of Poles deported to Siberia by the Soviet regime. Yet, despite almost starving to death, her mother never spoke ill of the Russian people.
In terms of its zoological diversity, Europe is the best known continent on the planet. Indeed it's generally assumed that just about all of Europe's macrofauna has, by now, been discovered. While that's mostly true, it seems that at least a few species - so called 'cryptic species' - have been missed, mostly because they're extremely similar to their close relatives.
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Scientists will find out how Great Vasyugan Mire cools Earth Scientists from Tomsk State University, in a joint expedition with the staff of the Vasyuganskiy preserve and with the support of the Tomsk branch of the Russian Geographical Society, carried out sampling at the Great Vasyugan Mire. The study of samples of snow and water, and measurements of greenhouse gas emissions in small lakes, will help scientists to assess the functionality of the swamp. The researchers intend to find out whether the largest swamp in the world continues to cool the Earth’s atmosphere or global warming has disrupted the work of a natural refrigerator.