Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Record-Breaking-Heat-Wave-in-Siberia-27MDHUN3GLH.htmlConceptually similarRecord Breaking Heat Wave in SiberiaGP1SU28ECompleted★★★★★★Record Breaking Heat Wave in SiberiaGP1SU28FCompleted★★★★Record Breaking Heat Wave in SiberiaGP1SU28GCompleted★★★★★★Record Breaking Heat Wave in SiberiaGP1SU28ICompleted★★★★Record Breaking Heat Wave in SiberiaGP1SU28JCompleted★★★★Heat Wave Hits FranceGP0STTJOTReadyForCataloguing★★★★★★Permafrost Melt Damage in Yamal PeninsulaGP01VMACompleted★★★★Yar-Sale in Yamal PeninsulaGP01VYGCompleted★★★★Nenet Sledges in Yamal PeninsulaGP01VJTCompleted★★★★View AllGP1SU28HRecord Breaking Heat Wave in SiberiaA heatwave has been scorching most of the Arctic in June 2020. A record was broken on 20 June when the temperature hit 100.4 degrees fahrenheit (more than 37 degrees celsius) in Verkhoyansk, a Siberian town in Russia and one of the coldest towns on Earth.Russia's sprawling Siberia region is being transformed by climate change that has brought with it warmer temperatures, forest fires and growing swarms of hungry moth larvae. Siberia is heating up at a much faster rate than the rest of the planet. That is causing the permafrost to melt.The Russian government must take serious measures to combat climate change and move forward with a just transition to end the oil age, to prevent the multiplying threats of climate change in the future.In original language:Одиночные пикеты движения "Fridays For Future" в МосквеКаждую пятницу в течение нескольких месяцев активисты движения "Fridays For Future" проводили одиночные пикеты в защиту климата в центре Москвы, на Пушкинской площадиLocations:Arctic-Russia-SiberiaDate:22 Jun, 2020Credit:© Elena Makurina / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3507px X 2480pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Extreme weather-Graphics (Record Type)-Heatwave-KWCI (GPI)-MapsShoot:Record Breaking Heat Wave in SiberiaA heatwave has been scorching most of the Arctic in June 2020. A record was broken on 20 June when the temperature hit 100.4 degrees fahrenheit (more than 37 degrees celsius) in Verkhoyansk, a Siberian town in Russia and one of the coldest towns on Earth.Russia's sprawling Siberia region is being transformed by climate change that has brought with it warmer temperatures, forest fires and growing swarms of hungry moth larvae. Siberia is heating up at a much faster rate than the rest of the planet. That is causing the permafrost to melt.The Russian government must take serious measures to combat climate change and move forward with a just transition to end the oil age, to prevent the multiplying threats of climate change in the future.
