Siberia is on fire. This week in science

AeroProbe will help to clean Arctic waterways Tomsk State University has partnered with Lukoil to clean up the stream in the Komi Republic of oil spills.

The discharge of wastewater contaminated with oil products has led to the water pollution in the region for many years. Scientists will use the AeroProbe device to collect oil from the bottom of the reservoir via the molecular adhesion of oil hydrocarbons to air bubbles.

In the early 2000s, AeroProbe raised 157 tons of oil from the bottom of Lake Shchuchye in the Komi Republic. Wildfires cause heat anomalies for years to come Krasnoyarsk scientists have discovered thermal anomalies that persist for decades after wildfires.