Moscow entered the top three cities in terms of the rate of temperature rise

According to the sixth assessment report of the International Panel on Climate Change, Moscow entered the

top three cities in the world for warming. The data was taken from 1950 to 2018.

In Moscow during this period, according to the map of warming in the cities of the planet, it became warmer on average per year by 1 ° C, and the top three also included:

  • Kolkata (India) - 2.6 ° C,
  • Tirana (Albania) - 2.33 ° C,
  • Moscow - 1 ° C.

As the assistant professor of the Faculty of Geography explainedMoscow State University Pavel Konstantinov, this level of warming in Moscow is associated with urban development and urbanization of adjacent territories, as well as the lack of water-green infrastructure.

Next on the list for increasing heat levels:

  • Brussels - at 0.62 ° C,
  • New York —by 0.21 °C, 
  • Sydney - at 0.21 ° C,
  • Los Angeles - at 0.14 ° C,

The temperature has not changed only in Cairo.

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