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An Environmental Investigation in Arctic Europe

The «Kola Ecogeochemistry» Project is concerned with:

  • regional mapping of heavy metals and radioactivity
  • pollution of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
  • an area of 188,000 km2 in the Barents Region (map)
  • sulphur and trace element deposition
  • the impact of major industrial activity in the western Kola Peninsula
  • the degradation of a particularly vulnerable arctic environment

    For more information and results see the TABLE OF CONTENT

    • GSCA medal The Kola Ecogeochemistry webSite is a proud recipient of The Earth Science Site of the Week award («Promoting Excellence in Earth Sciences on the Web») with nominations in Environmental Geology, Geochemistry and Quaternary Geology
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    The Kola web site was launched in December 1995 and was last updated in September 2010.