Disasters — latest ecology news
![In 5 years, deer and wild boars may roam in Kakhovka forest, – ecologist of the reserve](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/kakhovka-500x333.webp)
Nature continues to recover at the site of the man-made disaster
![Anniversary of the Kakhovka HPP explosion: environmental consequences of the explosion and what it looks like now](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/F4B15156-7739-4382-B657-A7DD2531317F-500x313.jpeg)
How Ukraine is recovering from the biggest man-made disaster of the 21st century
![Asia suffered the most from climate disasters in 2023](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shutterstock_2188233819-500x334.jpg)
Floods and storms are a major cause of climate-related hazards in Asia
![In Russia, water contaminated with uranium has entered the Tobol River](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_1637629657-500x282.jpg)
The flood washed radioactive dirt into the Tobol River
![Velykyi Luh is being restored: the bottom of the Kakhovka Reservoir is actively overgrown with willows](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shutterstock_783432445-500x331.jpg)
The willow forest saturates the atmosphere with oxygen and performs many other ecosystem functions
![Russians tried to cause a new eco-disaster: consequences of a massive attack](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/74D7B98C-7CD3-4B48-8E19-9D6BFAF3CD6D-500x313.jpeg)
In Lviv Oblast, the wreckage of the "Shahedu" caused a forest fire
![British scientists assess the environmental consequences of the Kakhovka HPP explosion](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/FA6409C2-1F52-430E-BC12-0BAE853880DF-1536x960-1-500x313.jpeg)
Researchers have identified more than 1,000 potential sources of pollution in flooded areas
![Europe is not ready for rapidly growing climate risks – EEA](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/045C5E5E-7398-4033-9DE3-1532CE0708DB-1536x960-1-500x313.jpeg)
5 risk categories require urgent measures
![Climate change could kill 14.5 million people by 2050 – study](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/shutterstock_319917638-500x334.jpg)
Additional costs of the health care system will reach $1.1 trillion
![FSB agent who prepared an ecological terrorist attack was detained in Odessa](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/28DEA84E-4844-41EE-8E2A-4AE5F2CD98E8-500x313.jpeg)
The detainee faces life imprisonment for treason
![Climate disasters killed 12,000 people in 2023](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/243F8EA8-8A13-4617-A20D-F7585C5704DA-500x313.jpeg)
278% more people died from forest fires than in 2022, and 340% more from storms
![Ecocide on Ukrainian lands: 5 biggest disasters of 2023](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/C27C83D3-5AE9-4C6B-B2D4-069AB20323CE-500x313.jpeg)
Eco-damages from the war have already reached 56.7 billion euros, and this amount is growing every day