Siberian Heat Wave Is A 'Warning Cry' From The Arctic, Climate Scientists Say “This is what this heat wave is doing: It makes much more fuel available to burn, not just vegetation, but the soil as well." Siberian heat impacts are widespread and ongoing The prolonged, unusually mild temperatures in Siberia are having clear impacts on ecosystems, human settlements and … Siberia is in the throes of a heat wave that would be considered warm even by the standards of those living outside the Arctic Circle.

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Yes, Climate Change Was a Big Factor An analysis of recent record temperatures found that climate change made this year’s long hot spell 600 times more likely. But 2020's Siberian heat wave stood out among the many studied, said attribution team co-lead Friederike Otto, acting director of Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute. One of the coldest places on Earth became one of the warmest.

"The heat wave came to us from the southwest, almost Iran," said Professor Alexey Kozhukhovskiy for the Siberian Federal University. The heat wave broke several natural cycles, The Siberian Times wrote, including river ice breaking, plants and trees blooming, and insects waking up earlier than usual. A Siberian town that endures the world's widest temperature range has recorded a new high amid a hear wave that is contributing to severe forest fires. By Amy Woodyatt, CNN . Updated 10:37 AM ET, Thu July 16, 2020 . Matthew Green and Emma Farge. These types of extreme heat waves risk becoming frequent by the end of the century.

Nearly impossible without global warming of human origin, this year’s freak Siberian heat wave is producing climate change’s most flagrant footprint of extreme weather, a study said. A heat wave in Russia on Saturday sent temperatures in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk soaring to 38 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).
Siberian heatwave made 600 times more likely by climate change, experts find. Nearly impossible without man-made global warming, this year’s freak Siberian heat wave is producing climate change’s most flagrant footprint of extreme weather, a new flash study says. …

Climate change increased the chances of the prolonged heat in Siberia by at least 600 times. International scientists on Wednesday released a study that found the greenhouse effect multiplied the chance of the region’s prolonged heat by at least 600 times, and maybe tens of thousands of times.
That Siberian Heat Wave? The intense heat wave that gripped Siberia during the first half of 2020 would have been impossible without human-caused climate change, a new … ... a heat wave is not necessarily a bad thing.