
President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Krasnikov said that Russia's territory is warming at twice the global average rate due to global warming, and this trend will continue, leading to an increase in the number of extreme events such as tornadoes, droughts and floods.
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Global warming is changing climate patterns around the world, and scientists are seeing different rates of warming in different regions.
The head of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN), Gennady Krasnikov, said that the territory of Russia, against the backdrop of global warming, is heating up twice as fast as other regions. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
Krasnikov emphasized that the trend towards a warm climate will continue.
“This will lead to many sharply continental phenomena: the number of such uncharacteristic phenomena as tornadoes, when there is drought in one place and floods in another,” the scientist predicted.
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The number of extreme weather events such as tornadoes, droughts and floods will increase in Russia
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