Climatologist Kiselev: melting permafrost in Russia can lead to accidents
Global warming poses long-term threats to residents of parts of Russian territories. In a conversation with Lenta.ru, the leading researcher at the Main Geophysical Observatory named after A.I. urged to prepare for these dangers. Voeykova, author of the book “Climate Paradoxes” Andrey Kiselev.
He explained that hurricanes, whirlwinds and floods are considered short-term events that last up to a few weeks. However, there are also long-term threats. The climatologist recalled that two-thirds of Russia’s territories are located in the permafrost zone, which begins to degrade as a result of rising temperatures.
“This may lead to additional accident risks for already constructed facilities. After all, when they built [объекты на Севере]then it never occurred to anyone that the permafrost would behave so vilely towards people,” Kiselev warned.
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Earlier, Roman Pukalov, director of environmental programs for the public organization Green Patrol, also called on Russians to prepare for natural disasters caused by global warming. The ecologist warned that the main threat to the country is rising temperatures in its Arctic zone, which could lead to the melting of permafrost with subsequent subsidence of the foundations of residential buildings, oil pipelines and enterprises built on frozen soils.
In March, scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand said that for the first time in history the temperature on the planet was breaking records for nine months in a row. According to him, it is approaching the “milestone” of the Paris Agreements, exceeding the norm by 1.5 degrees.
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