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Siberia swelters in record-breaking temperatures amid its ‘worst heat wave in history’
Siberia is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. The latitude range of Siberia is approximately between 41 and 81 degrees North. It is known for long, harsh winters with a January average of -20°C in Novosibirsk, Siberia’s largest city, while the average July high is 26°C. Early this month, many parts of Siberia experienced record-high temperatures over 35 degrees, just like over a dozen major Chinese cities saw record seasonal highs. Indeed, global warming is causing extreme temperatures more frequently in the high latitudes, melting ice sheets and permafrost, and Siberia is one of the fastest-warming regions in the world. As El Niño, the warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean has just begun this month, the world is going to experience more extreme temperatures and heat waves this summer.
Read the article and learn about what happened in Siberia in this early summer.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/08/asia/heat-wave-siberia-climate-intl/index.html
Siberia swelters in record-breaking temperatures amid its ‘worst heat wave in history’
Siberia is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. The latitude range of Siberia is approximately between 41 and 81 degrees North. It is known for long, harsh winters with a January average of -20°C in Novosibirsk, Siberia’s largest city, while the average July high is 26°C. Early this month, many parts of Siberia experienced record-high temperatures over 35 degrees, just like over a dozen major Chinese cities saw record seasonal highs. Indeed, global warming is causing extreme temperatures more frequently in the high latitudes, melting ice sheets and permafrost, and Siberia is one of the fastest-warming regions in the world. As El Niño, the warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean has just begun this month, the world is going to experience more extreme temperatures and heat waves this summer.
Read the article and learn about what happened in Siberia in this early summer.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/08/asia/heat-wave-siberia-climate-intl/index.html
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