Sustainability of the Marine Environment Towards the Anthropogenic Impacts in the Ecosystem of the Barents Sea

• Main Author: Lemenkova, Polina
• Other Authors: Ocean University of China (OUC), Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia RUDN, A. A. Nikolskiy, N. A. Chernykh, N. G. Valeeva
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: Water pollution; Ecological sustainability; Marine environment; Barents Sea; Marine ecosystem; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.IE]Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering; [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography; Arctic; Pechora
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01986750; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01986750/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01986750/file/Lemenkova_Moscow%20RUDN.pdf; https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7210925

International audience Among all Arctic seas, the Barents Sea is characterized by its unique environment and high level of the biodiversity. At the same time the Gulf Stream waters transport large amounts of pollutants in the Barents Sea bringing various contaminants and substances from the North Sea. Nowadays, there are in Timan Pechora-Carboniferous basin located in the Barents Sea with 76 oil and gas subsidies, which store a quarter of all Russian oil. The ecological stress on the Barents environment is extremely high. As a result of contamination, the current state of the Arctic environment in the unique area of the Barents Sea may become threatening provided human impact remains at the same level. This article demonstrates the problem of nature resistance towards human impact. It shows negative human impact on the environment. Current geo-ecological situation in the Barents Sea as a unique hydrodynamic system is analyzed. The consideration is given both to the level of negative human impacts on the marine ecosystem as well as to the resistance of nature, i.e. the ability to deal with environmental stress, multiplied by their geographical location in the Arctic climate.