Noyabrsk

Witnesses in the border area of Yamal and Yugra observed noctilucent (silver) clouds on the night of July 27. The article explains that these rare clouds form high in the upper atmosphere and are visible only at night.

Residents of Noyabrsk found a rare white-flowering fireweed (Ivan tea), an unusual natural variation of a plant that usually has pink or purple flowers. Specialists note that albino plants are uncommon and tend to survive poorly in the wild.

Residents of Noyabrsk reported stormy weather that broke and toppled trees; one fell onto parked cars on Lenin Street, damaging vehicles. The incident followed unusually heavy snowfall overnight on May 10.

Residents of Noyabrsk (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) observed vivid purple-gold aurora on the night of January 20, likely triggered by a strong solar flare and subsequent geomagnetic storm.

On June 13, heavy rain with hail hit Noyabrsk, leading to localized flooding that submerged sidewalks, parking lots and even entered apartment entrances.

New temperature maps for the endless stretches of Russian Arctic lands bear witness of unprecedented warming.

Three separate outbreaks of anthrax this summer in the Yamalo-Nenets region killed one boy, almost 2,400 reindeer, and several dogs. All the new 'Christmas deer' are from Yamal, and unaffected by the infection.

As a debate is underway on culling as many as 250,000 reindeer due to overgrazing, Research Professor Bruce C Forbes warns against some proposed solutions.

Freak warm weather followed by a freeze in winter 2013-14 caused an ice-over of pastures which led to the deaths of some 70,000 reindeer in a famine. This summer, there was an outbreak of deadly anthrax after the hottest Arctic summer on record.