The final day of the satellite event of the V Congress of Young Scientists has ended

The final day of the satellite event of the V Congress of Young Scientists ended with a plenary session, where participants presented their projects and proposals that will help to cope with the spill of fuel oil in the Black Sea. The presented projects and integrated solutions aimed at combating pollution of the sea and coast, organization of monitoring and development of environmental education were evaluated by experts, representatives of the scientific community, authorities and business of Kuban.

From June 2-4, more than 100 expert participants from 30 cities - employees of leading universities, research centers of the Russian Academy of Sciences, representatives of the Kuban Science Foundation, authors of technological solutions in the field of oil spill response, and volunteers – searched for optimal solutions to their tasks. In total, 120 projects from 27 regions of Russia were discussed, analyzed and tested in practice.

Alexey Yurtaev, Minister of Economy of the Krasnodar Territory, summed up the results of the work on project protection.

"It has already been six months since the accident that occurred in the Kerch Strait. For the Krasnodar Territory, which took the brunt of the impact, the task of eliminating the consequences is key, so the satellite event is extremely timely for us. For three days, scientists from all over the country selected the best available solutions, which are already at least at the prototype level. Technological chains have been created: in what order, under what conditions solutions should be implemented, and what factors can affect performance. The regional administration is ready to work with colleagues from relevant departments to find opportunities for testing promising projects. A number of them are already being implemented and are helping to combat the consequences of an emergency. Anapa should remain the traditional national health resort of the country," said Alexey Yurtaev.

The complex of solutions for the water area was presented by the SEA group. The participants analyzed all the difficulties that have arisen in practice: since the accident, the pollution has become deeper and deeper, the fuel oil mixture has become heavier, overgrown with biota and clogs the pumps, and storms interfere with cleaning. The methods already used were analyzed and a comprehensive program was proposed, including methods for detecting lenses at the bottom and eliminating contamination using chemical, biological and mechanized methods. The proposed approach takes into account the work with fuel oil at the bottom, near the shore and on the surface of the water.

Representatives of the SUSHA group proposed to develop a program to eliminate the consequences of the fuel oil spill that would combine all methods of soil purification – mechanical, washing and sorption, fine cleaning and bioremediation – into three technological chains under the guidance of general contractors. The MONITORING Group proposed solutions to monitor the effects of the fuel oil spill on marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Among them are remote ones, including those using drones, as well as a satellite monitoring method by radar. For a volatile marine environment, online monitoring methods using bottom sensors are needed. Also, according to experts, it is necessary to use geodetic techniques to assess vulnerabilities and chemical soil studies, the list of which should be expanded.