Vol. 11 No. 2 (2025): Anthropogenic Transformation of Nature

Artificial intelligence is permeating all areas of educational and scientific life, attempting to rise from the level of a gibberish generator to a compiler of teaching aids and even literary reviews. All this significantly complicates the editorial work, but I believe we are currently doing a good job of identifying inappropriate use of AI. A large team of authors is studying the problems of anthropogenic transformation of nature in the context of urbanization in the valley of the small Zelenka River. This type of work stems from the needs of environmental practice in the city of Perm, which is developing a "green ring" in the regional capital. Theoretical understanding will gradually emerge. We have two studies on wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). P.V. Kochkarev, D.S. Zarubin and S.A. Makovskaya report on an aerial census of the Taimyr reindeer population in 2024. The total flight distance was 26,168 km. The data allows us to assess reindeer migrations on the peninsula. D.V. Panchenko, in turn, presents the distribution of wild forest reindeer in Paanajärvi National Park based on long-term observations. Reindeer use of the park's territory varies seasonally. The life and ecological characteristics of wild forest reindeer are crucial for conservation efforts in Perm, as the northwestern region could potentially establish a protected area to preserve this rare species. A team of authors (P.A. Krasilnikov, T.S. Brizgalov, I.A. Lavrov and S.A. Krasilnikova) share a literature review on the use and protection of underground cavities. An analysis of scientific and regulatory materials is presented to systematize and summarize international and Russian experience in the conservation of caves of various origins, their resistance to anthropogenic impact, and their environmental and scientific significance. The authors believe that caves represent unique, fragile ecosystems with specific troglophile and troglobiont species, and that the currently popular speleotourism increases the risk of contamination of underground cavities. Interest in the environmental consequences of the transformation of the Kizelovsky coal basin's natural in the post-technogenic period remains unabated. Information on the main sources of pollution is analyzed: from acid mine water outflows f from tailings dams, which lead to chronic contamination of local ecosystems. Permian research is beginning to study the ecological and geochemical situation under the influence of regulated anthropogenic and natural-anthropogenic flows of substances in an urban environment. For this purpose, A.A. Belogubkin prepared a literature review of publications on the migration and accumulation of trace elements in floodplain soils of small urban rivers and the impact of motor vehicles on roadside ecosystems. This issue's combination of original articles, short reports, and reviews significantly advances the study of reindeer, caves, small river valleys, coal dumps, and the entire complex of anthropogenic transformation of protected areas and technogenesis.