Putin: Global warming in Russia is happening faster than anywhere else
Global warming in Russia is happening faster than in other regions of the world. And in our country it can lead to serious consequences. Russian President Vladimir Putin gave this warning at the Valdai plenary session.
Commenting on the speech of a participant in the meeting, the President noted that people in the Russian Federation knew about these processes firsthand.
“The reality is that we are warming faster than all other regions of the world,” the head of state said.
He cited the example of Europe, where temperatures have warmed 0.5 degrees in 10 years, as well as the Arctic, where it is even warmer – “0.7 plus”.
Putin warned: “For us, this is an obvious thing; For a country where 60% of its territory lies in permafrost, this will have real consequences. is a very serious matter for us.”
As RG previously wrote, according to scientists, the earth has warmed 1.2 degrees due to industrial emissions, also known as greenhouse gases, starting in 1880. Among the causes are also volcanoes eruptions, forest fires and even the breathing of living organisms, that is, this is a normal process. On the other hand, today the impact of industry is so great that this process happens dozens of times faster.
As for the consequences, as reported, a 2-degree increase in planetary temperature will cause many agricultural problems, the death of some animal species and worsening weather abnormalities, which is also will affect people's lives.
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