Warm weather in Siberia made climate scientists concerned

News24xx.com - According to The Guardian, warm weather in Siberia made climate scientists concerned. And Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency early this month following an oil spill in northern Siberia that reportedly dumped 21,000 tons of fuel into waterways that lead into the Arctic Ocean. 

As we know, Siberia has long been known for its cold, isolated penal colonies under Soviet and Russian rule. But now, it’s become the region’s warmest that causing concern among environmentalists.

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The Siberian town of Nizhnyaya Pesha, located in the Arctic Circle, reportedly hit 86 degrees on June 9, 2020. The Russian city of Khatanga, also inside the Arctic Circle, reached a high of 77 degrees on May 22. Its previous high was 54 degrees.

Despite a temporary decrease in carbon emissions linked to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, warm weather in the sprawling Eurasian region is reportedly pushing temperatures worldwide to their warmest levels ever this year.

Melting ice and snow caused by ocean currents pushing heat toward the poles is believed to be leading to increased temperatures in the Arctic Circle and Antarctica.

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Surface temperatures in parts of Siberia were reportedly 50 degrees above average in May.

“It is undoubtedly an alarming sign. Although the planet as a whole is warming, this isn’t happening evenly,” said Dr. Freja Vamborg of EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. 

Vamborh said the warming trend in Western Siberia stands out because of its higher variations in temperature.

Swarms of Siberian silk moths, whose larvae eat away at trees at decimating forests, are also thought to have contributed to the warming