Discusses several types of natural disasters which ocurred in the region 2007-2015 including an accidental oil spill, several floods, "blooming" water and drinking water supply issues, and abnormal ice phenomena.

At head of title: Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk, I︠U︡zhnyĭ nauchnyĭ t︠s︡entr, Institut aridnykh zon. Rossiĭskiĭ fond fundamentalʹnykh issledovaniĭ.

Includes bibliographical references.

In Russian with abstract and table of contents also in English.