October 25, 2024. On October 24, 2024, the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Design, Construction, and Operation of Transport Infrastructure under Severe Climate and Engineering and Geological Conditions" was opened at the Russian University of Transport (RUT). The chairman of the organizing committee was Chief Scientist of RUT Corresponding Member of RAS Igor Rosenberg. The co-chairmen included Chief Scientist of the Geophysical Center RAS Academician of RAS Alexey Gvishiani and Director of the Geophysical Center RAS Corresponding Member of RAS Anatoly Soloviev.

In his welcoming speech, Anatoly Soloviev emphasized the interdisciplinarity of transport science and its role in the development of the most advanced technologies in the Arctic. The sustainable functioning of transport systems requires a detailed study of the Earth. He noted that the majority of reports at the conference are devoted to related issues, including climate and environment. “I would like to wish everyone productive work and effective discussions at the junction of various sciences," Anatoly Solovyov concluded.

During the plenary session, there was considered the development of transport infrastructure, taking into account changes in regions with difficult climatic and engineering geological conditions. The meeting was opened by the report of Leading Research Scientist of the Geophysical Center RAS D.Sc. Andrey Kostyanoy, "Geoinformation Analysis of Regional Climate Changes in the Central and Western Parts of the Russian Arctic for the Development of Railway Transport". The co-authors were Academician of RAS Alexey Gvishiani, Corresponding Member of RAS Anatoly Soloviev, PhD Roman Krasnoperov, Sofia Gvozdik, PhD Sergey Lebedev, PhD Izabella Nikitina, Olga Shevaldysheva, Vladimir Sergeev, and Georgy Gvozdik (GC RAS), as well as Corresponding Member of RAS Igor Rosenberg and Irina Dubchak (RUT).

Andrey Kostyanoy spoke about the research that contributes to the sustainable development of railway infrastructure and its adaptation to climate change. Scientists have developed electronic atlases that reflect changes of the main hydrometeorological parameters of the Russian Arctic. The atlases include air temperature at the Earth's surface, total rainfall, wind speed at the Earth's surface, soil temperature, soil moisture content, air humidity, and snow cover thickness.

Corresponding Member of RAS Anatoly Soloviev.

D.Sc. Andrey Kostyanoy.