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*Blizzards over Russia*
Many people think of global warming as a positive process that is going to
reduce the amount of snowfall, the number of snowstorms and the overall
occurrence of extreme cold. MIT scientists debunk this myth and say that
most regions in the Northern Hemisphere, including Russia, will be hit by
heavier snowfall and extreme cold as the result of climate change.
More information on climate energy on the http://rusecounion.ru/eng
<http://rusecounion.ru/>
A new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests
that while most areas in the North will most likely experience less
snowfall throughout a season, the extreme snow events, such as snowfalls
and extremely cold weather, will still occur, even in a future with
significant warming.
MIT scientists performed the analysis of the correlation between
precipitation and temperature across the Northern Hemisphere with the help
of a supercomputer, using 20 different climate models, each of which
projected climate change over a 100-year period, given certain levels of
greenhouse gas emissions.
According to Paul O’Gorman, an associate professor in MIT’s Department of
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, who was the author of the study,
‘many studies have looked at average snowfall over a season in climate
models, but there’s less known about these very heavy snowfalls. In some
regions, it is possible for average snowfall to decrease, but the snowfall
extremes actually intensify.’
With global temperatures rising, in regions with a relatively soft climate
heavy snowfall will become rarer. However, in colder areas heavy snowfall
and snowstorms are going to intensify due to an increase in the amount of
atmospheric water vapor and changes in atmospheric circulation. This sort
of weather cataclysms are also most likely to result in serious economic
and social disruption.
Hurricanes in the US, draughts in Australia, abnormally hot summers on
different continents, catastrophically heavy rainfall and floods that
happened in 2014 are only a few examples of climate change effects, and the
list goes on. Extreme weather conditions keep setting records in virtually
all regions of the world. The damage caused by these disasters increases
every year.
The results of the American climate study agree with the alarming prognoses
of the Russian Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief.
The latter state that the frequency and intensity of extreme weather
conditions due to climate change are going to go up almost 30 percent in
the nearest future. As previously reported by the Ministry, in the XX
century, the climate change has been occurring in Russia almost twice as
fast as in the rest of the world, and the warming is fastest in the
northernmost regions.
According to various calculations, the average temperature growth in the
Arctic in the XX1 century will be 2 to 2.5 times faster than on the rest of
the planet. By the end of this century, the average temperature in the
Arctic region may go up 7 degrees Celsius. Global climate changes have
already led to a significant growth of the number of large-scale natural
disasters in Russia.
Environmental NGOs, in their appeals to institutions that oversee climate
change issues in our country, have repeatedly emphasized the need to
develop regional adaptation programs. ‘Russia is a northern country that is
extremely vulnerable to climate change, and it calls for immediate real
action to combat it.’
--
RSEU Climate Secretariat
www.rusecounion.ru
Address: Voznesenskij 49-A, St.Petersburg, 190068, Russia
Tel.mob: +7 921 9117986, +7 9217444255
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Subject: Blizzards over Russia
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Many people think of global warming as a positive process that is going to
reduce the amount of snowfall, the number of snowstorms and the overall
occurrence of extreme cold. MIT scientists debunk this myth and say that
most regions in the Northern Hemisphere, including Russia, will be hit by
heavier snowfall and extreme cold as the result of climate change.
More information on climate energy on the http://rusecounion.ru/eng
<http://rusecounion.ru/>
A new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests
that while most areas in the North will most likely experience less
snowfall throughout a season, the extreme snow events, such as snowfalls
and extremely cold weather, will still occur, even in a future with
significant warming.
MIT scientists performed the analysis of the correlation between
precipitation and temperature across the Northern Hemisphere with the help
of a supercomputer, using 20 different climate models, each of which
projected climate change over a 100-year period, given certain levels of
greenhouse gas emissions.
According to Paul O’Gorman, an associate professor in MIT’s Department of
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, who was the author of the study,
‘many studies have looked at average snowfall over a season in climate
models, but there’s less known about these very heavy snowfalls. In some
regions, it is possible for average snowfall to decrease, but the snowfall
extremes actually intensify.’
With global temperatures rising, in regions with a relatively soft climate
heavy snowfall will become rarer. However, in colder areas heavy snowfall
and snowstorms are going to intensify due to an increase in the amount of
atmospheric water vapor and changes in atmospheric circulation. This sort
of weather cataclysms are also most likely to result in serious economic
and social disruption.
Hurricanes in the US, draughts in Australia, abnormally hot summers on
different continents, catastrophically heavy rainfall and floods that
happened in 2014 are only a few examples of climate change effects, and the
list goes on. Extreme weather conditions keep setting records in virtually
all regions of the world. The damage caused by these disasters increases
every year.
The results of the American climate study agree with the alarming prognoses
of the Russian Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief.
The latter state that the frequency and intensity of extreme weather
conditions due to climate change are going to go up almost 30 percent in
the nearest future. As previously reported by the Ministry, in the XX
century, the climate change has been occurring in Russia almost twice as
fast as in the rest of the world, and the warming is fastest in the
northernmost regions.
According to various calculations, the average temperature growth in the
Arctic in the XX1 century will be 2 to 2.5 times faster than on the rest of
the planet. By the end of this century, the average temperature in the
Arctic region may go up 7 degrees Celsius. Global climate changes have
already led to a significant growth of the number of large-scale natural
disasters in Russia.
Environmental NGOs, in their appeals to institutions that oversee climate
change issues in our country, have repeatedly emphasized the need to
develop regional adaptation programs. ‘Russia is a northern country that is
extremely vulnerable to climate change, and it calls for immediate real
action to combat it.’
--
RSEU Climate Secretariat
www.rusecounion.ru
Address: Voznesenskij 49-A, St.Petersburg, 190068, Russia
Tel.mob: +7 921 9117986, +7 9217444255
e-mail: rseu.c...@gmail.com <e-mail%3Arseu....@gmail.com>
From: "Climate Secretariat RSEU" <rseu.c...@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 1:57 PM
Subject: Blizzards over Russia
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