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/ The Soil Assembly The Assembly presentations covered various aspects of contaminated soil remediation and sparked lively discussions among participants. Credit: Mykola Tymchenko, Rubrika OMS. The Assembly presentations covered various aspects of contaminated soil remediation and sparked lively discussions among participants.

The problem of waste collection and disposal in the Ukrainian Carpathians still hasn’t been solved, yet solutions do exist. From Rubryka. Getting to Drahobrat, Ukraine’s highest ski resort, isn’t easy. In winter, regular cars can’t make the trip, and even if you’ve got an SUV, chances are you won’t get there without a local driver. The resort opened in the late 1990s. That’s when the first ski lifts were installed, and a few local guesthouses started welcoming visitors.

Instead of the ravaged landscape some experts predicted, a willow and poplar forest has taken root in a remarkable illustration of nature’s self-healing power. From Rubryka. On 6 June 2023, the Russian forces committed a terror attack by blowing up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) dam. The explosion led to the emptying of the reservoir, which held an amount of water equal to that of the Great Salt Lake in the U.S. state of Utah.