Meteorologists have warned of impending winter weather anomalies

Vasily Yablokov, head of the Climate and Energy Department of the Russian branch of Greenpeace, told Sputnik radio in an interview with Radio Sputnik that due to climate change on the planet, it is becoming more and more difficult to predict the weather.

According to him, the appearance of changes is influenced by a new trajectory of movement of air masses, as well as unexpected processes associated with climate warming in the Arctic.

According to climatologist Yablokov, in the coming winter, the probability of natural anomalies is very high.

While the Europeans are preparing for a cold winter, and their negative expectations are “heating up” the world gas prices, in Russia one can expect both “classic” snow and cold weather, as well as abnormal precipitation.

The expert added that due to the general "nervousness" of the climate this winter in Russia, new temperature records and anomalies associated with the amount of precipitation are possible.

Earlier it was reported that last summer the World Meteorological Organization experts called "the summer of extremes". There was everything - heat waves, destructive tornadoes and catastrophic floods.

The disaster map covers the entire globe, there is not a single country that could sit out the weather anomalies in the "comfort zone".

According to the scientific journal Ocean Sciences, new research has shown that climate change is causing the oceans to rise faster than previously thought.

Previous forecasts by scientists expected the ocean level to rise by just over 1.1 meters by the end of this century. However, new calculations carried out by specialists from the University of Copenhagen and the Norwegian Bjerknes Center for Climate Research have shown that even if the average temperature on the planet rises by only 0.5 degrees, the level of the oceans will rise by half a meter, and with a warming of two degrees - more than a meter. At the same time, according to forecasts, by the end of the century, temperatures on Earth are expected to rise by more than even four degrees.

Scientists believe that the consequences of rising water levels threaten two-thirds of the world's population living along the coast of the seas or in other low-lying areas. To avoid such a catastrophe, the authors of the study note the need for an even more dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The world economy, in their opinion, should reduce the consumption of hydrocarbons by at least another 200 billion metric tons.