The Siberian tundra was predicted to disappear. When will it happen?

Due to global warming, temperatures in the Arctic are rising rapidly.

larch forests are steadily moving northward, gradually displacing wide expanses of tundra.Experts have created a computer model of this process.Their conclusion: only consistent climate protection measures will allowApproximately 30% of the Siberian tundra will survive until the middle of the millennium.

The tundra is home to a unique community of plants, approximately five percent of which are endemic.With the disappearance of the tundra, they will disappear.ways to solve the emerging problem.

The simulation showed:larch forests can spread northward at speeds of up to 30 kilometers per decade. Tundra expanses because of this will be increasingly reduced. In most scenarios, less than six percent of today's tundra will remain by the middle of the millennium. Saving 30 percent will only be possible through ambitious measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.