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Global warming affects Russia more than in other regions of the world. And this trend continues for over forty years now. Global warming affects in Russia more than in other regions world, reports “Interfax” with reference to the head of Roshydromet Alexander Frolov. “Global warming affects Russian territory is stronger than the whole in the Northern Hemisphere and throughout to the world. About twice the intensity of warming in our country is higher, “- Frolov said at a conference on remote issues Earth sensing at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The scientist said that on average in Russia the temperature rose by 0.4 degrees every ten years. This the trend has been observed for forty years. “For about 40 years we have been observing global warming. It is expressed in the increase in the average global surface air temperature, decreasing ice area, snow cover, rising sea levels, “said Frolov. Also severe warming is observed in the Arctic. “Arctic ice area in last year was anti-record for the entire observation period and made up less than half of what we usually observe, “- summed up the head of Roshydromet.
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