Introduction to the Special Series “Environmental Monitoring on Global and Local Scales”

• Published in: Integrated environmental assessment and management Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 970 - 971
• Main Authors: Zotina, Tatiana A., Kudryasheva, Nadezhda S., Soukhovolsky, Vladislav G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2023
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Climate change; Deforestation; Ecological monitoring; Ecosystem structure; Ecosystems; Environmental monitoring; Fossils; Genetic transformation; Global climate; Human populations; Hydrocarbons; Hydroelectric plants; Hydroelectric power; Industrial areas; Natural resources; Ob River basin; Remote sensing; Rivers; Self‐purification; Strategic management; Suburban pine‐forest; Watershed; Suburban pine-forest; Ob River basin; Remote sensing; Watershed; Self-purification

The ecosystems of Siberia provide valuable services to the human population and afford important climate feedback. However, they are subject to anthropogenic pressures leading to the transformation of ecosystem structure and functions such as deforestation; extraction and transportation of fossil hy...