RT: Russian scientists are working on a high-tech virtual map of the Arctic in order to keep track of climate change developments and monitor human impact on the area, in what may help pave the way for safer mining of the region's oil and gas reserves.
The project is being developed by the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in Novosibirsk.
It will utilize a geographic information system analogous to GoogleMaps, called ITRIS, in order to simulate natural processes and monitor...