For detailed explanation, please visit our YouTube channel: The Academic Table (shorturl.at/szFV9) Recently Russia declared emergency after oil leak in river around arctic permafrost. 20,000 tonns of Diesel leaked into River in Russia turning it Red. Russia declared state of emergency to cope up with situation. Lets see its Environment, Ecological and social impact.

1. Russia gone in EMERGENCY
after oil leak into Arctic region

5. About the News
•More than 20,000 tons of diesel leaked into the
Ambarnaya River after a fuel tank collapsed at a
power plant.
•Norilsk Nickel, which owns the plant, said in a
statement that thawing permafrost had caused one
of the tank’s pillars to collapse.
•The accident is one of the biggest oil spills in
modern Russian history

6. •The spill prompted memories of a giant leak of oil in
the Komi region of the Russian Arctic in 1994. In that
accident, a ruptured pipeline spilled at least two
million barrels of hot oil, soaking the fragile
permafrost.
•The region’s governor, had earlier told President
Putin that he became aware of the oil spill on
Sunday after “alarming information appeared in
social media”.

7. It is NOT first incedent
•Norilsk Nickel is the world’s largest producer of
platinum and nickel.
•The company is no stranger to environmental
disasters. It was responsible for a “blood river,” also in
Siberia, in 2016,
•and one of its plants has belched so much sulfur
dioxide, a major cause of acid rain, that it is
surrounded by a dead zone of tree trunks and mud

9. Consequences
• Russian deputy minister of national resources
and the environment, said that it would take at
least 10 years for the local ecosystem to recover,.

10. Stopping the leakage
•River would be difficult to clean, given its shallow
waters and remote location, as well as the magnitude
of the spill.
•An official suggested pumping the oil on to the
adjacent tundra, although President Putin added:
“The soil there is probably saturated [with oil]
already.”
•However, Reports said that oil leakage has been
contained.

11. One important problem
•“The most toxic components of diesel fuel are
light aromatics (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene
and xylene), which in significant quantities, will
nevertheless dissolve in water and can in no way
be collected,”

12. Direct effecr on Marine life
•The heavier oils cover the surface of the water and
affect the respiration ability of marine mammals. The
lighter oils, on the other hand, blend with the water
and get absorbed into their organs, affecting their
functioning.
• oil contaminates the food of the marine animals,
causing their death.
•Oil spills can also have an effect on breeding as
exposure to oil can affect fish eggs.

13. Direct effect on Environment
•The Ambarnaya river, into which the oil has been
discharged, is part of a network that flows into
the environmentally sensitive Arctic Ocean.
•The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of
the world.
•Ground that remains frozen for two or more
consecutive years is considered permafrost.
•The spill also polluted 180,000 square metres of
land before hitting the river,

14. Indirect effect on Humans
•Spilt oil can percolate through land surface and can get
accumulated on groundwater, polluting it. This can lead
to increased levels of water pollution. When consumed,
this contaminated water can cause diseases.
•Humans can also face health issues after they consume
animals that died due to an oil spill.