Andrey Kostyanoy – Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, specializing in oceanology, Chief Researcher of the Laboratory of Experimental Ocean Physics of the Institute of Oceanology named after P.P. Shirshov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, leading researcher at the Geophysical Center of RAS, visiting professor at the University of Liege (Belgium), honorary professor at Tver State University, honorary professor at Maykop State Technological University. A.G. Kostyanoy is a specialist in the field of physical oceanography, remote sensing of oceans and inland seas, regional climate change, and environmental problems of the Russian seas. He is also an expert in satellite monitoring systems developed for the offshore oil and gas industry, as well as in operational integrated satellite monitoring of marine oil pollution. He is a member of a number of Russian and international scientific organizations and editorial boards of scientific journals, and is the author of more than 350 articles published in leading Russian and foreign journals.
Research interests include the Atlantic, Arctic, Indian and Southern Oceans; Subarctic seas; Baltic, Mediterranean, Black, Azov, Caspian and Aral seas; dying lakes and seas; and Central Asia.
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Environment and Transport
The development of water, land and air transport has a significant impact on the state of the marine environment, air, soils, waters and the functioning of ecosystems. Exhaust gases and noise, oil pollution, and toxic compounds create a great burden on the environment and poison living organisms. Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen oxides contribute to the deepening of the greenhouse effect, rising temperatures and climate change on our planet. More than 70% of CO₂ air pollution comes from land road transport, water transport accounts for 14% of CO₂ emissions, and about 14% of air pollution comes from civil aviation and rail transport. There is a need to develop new environmental solutions that can minimize environmental damage. On the other hand, ongoing climate changes significantly affect the infrastructure and performance of road, rail, sea and river transport. These and other issues will be addressed at the Session “Environment and Transport”.