{"id":1090,"date":"2023-10-23T16:14:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T14:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nimbo.earth\/?post_type=gallery&p=1090"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:24:08","slug":"ukraine-war-oskil-reservoir-drainage","status":"publish","type":"gallery","link":"https:\/\/nimbo.earth\/fr\/gallery\/ukraine-war-oskil-reservoir-drainage\/","title":{"rendered":"Oskil River drainage seen from space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Looking at Ukraine with Nimbo : the near-empty Oskil Reservoir, close to the limit between Kharkiv and Donestk oblasts. Local reports claim the dam was blown up by retreating Russian forces in late March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water reached low levels across the 125 km-long\u00a0Oskil reservoir\u00a0after water ran through the damaged dam south, also leading to the flooding of several towns downstream. This had a massive impact on the reservoir’s ecosystem, including the death of an estimated 2 million fishes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oskil dam destruction: a blessing in disguise ?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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However, 18 months after the event, local eco-activists tend to emphasize silver linings to this act of war. Thanks to the dam’s destruction and subsequent reservoir drainage, the area is gradually returning to its original overall condition<\/a>. The disappearance of the man-made, soviet-era reservoir has indeed restored Oskil River and its tributaries to their hydrological regimes. The now-exposed depths of the reservoir are covered by dozens of plant species, while endemic fauna has begun returning to its natural habitats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of reservoirs and men<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Nature does seem to prevail in the end. However, as the war still rages on, little is known yet about the impact of the reservoir’s drainage on human activity : power generation, agriculture or fishing, to name a few. While it is hard to draw definitive conclusions when such an event occurs brutally in a war context, the Oskil episode certainly provides food for thought about the drainage of artificial reservoirs to restore natural habitats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nimbo Earth Online with modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021-2023)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking at\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0with\u00a0Nimbo\u00a0: the near-empty Oskil Reservoir, close to the limit between Kharkiv and Donestk oblasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1094,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1090","gallery","type-gallery","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"location":"Ukraine war: Oskil dam destruction","date":"20230922","link_earth_online":"https:\/\/maps.nimbo.earth\/?year=2021&year2=2023&month=9&month2=9&comp1=1&comp2=1&lat=49.28544&lon=37.55978&zoom=11.06&mode=split"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nimbo.earth\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gallery\/1090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nimbo.earth\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gallery"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nimbo.earth\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gallery"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nimbo.earth\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nimbo.earth\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}