Record heat in Siberia: in the village of Verkhoiansk it reached 38 degrees centigrade, almost double the seasonal average.
Record temperatures in Siberia: last Saturday in the village of Verkhoiansk they have reached i 38 degrees centigrade, 17 degrees higher than the normal temperature recorded for June 20.
This is almost double the seasonal average. The UN reported the worrying heat, confirming the data from the Pogoda i Klimat meteorological portal.
Temperatures reached +38°C within the Arctic Circle on Saturday, 17°C hotter than normal for 20 June. #GlobalHeating is accelerating, and some parts of the world are heating a lot faster than others.
The #RaceToZero emissions is a race for survival.
Dataviz via @ScottDuncanWX pic.twitter.com/NIKeAYdiJd
— UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) June 22, 2020
Verkhoiansk is a small town located 4.600 km north-east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, and has about 1000 inhabitants. This location is known for its temperature fluctuations ranging from a minimum of -68 ° C to a maximum of 37,2 ° C. According to The Weather Channel, the average in Verkhoyansk at this time of year is around 20 °. C, but last Saturday the thermometer was 18 degrees higher than expected!
?Incredible temperature of 38.0°C in #Verkhoiansk this 20/06, locality located at 67.55°N. This is probably the highest T° ever observed beyond the Arctic Circle!!
This year, however, the temperature has dropped to -57.2°C (January 26). pic.twitter.com/iQqDGyuHt3
— Guillaume Séchet (@Meteovilles) June 21, 2020
For several months, unusually high temperatures were recorded in the region.
And there was no shortage of consequences, as terrible forest fires occurred that devastated millions of hectares. According to data provided by Avialesokhrana (government agency that monitors forest fires), over 275.000 hectares were destroyed in the Sakha Republic alone. Big crop problems, coupled with a tree-eating moth infestation.
The recent oil disaster that hit this area of the Arctic Circle has also been linked to the melting of the permafrost precisely because of the ever higher temperatures.
In short, here we are experiencing an apocalyptic scenario that no one seems to care about at all ...
Climate change: will melting ice bring smallpox and other viruses back to life?
@Olga Burtseva / AP
However, the record heat in Siberia, which should be one of the coldest regions in the world, has been alarming scientists for some time, and now even more concerned about the effects on our planet.
The winter of 2019/2020 was the hottest ever (with temperatures around 6 ° C above seasonal norms) since the start of monitoring, started 130 years ago.
We then broke the previous high temperature record north of the polar circle, which was recorded at 37,8 degrees Celsius at Fort Yukon, Alaska, in June 1915.
Congratulations to us ...
Source: UN
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