The research study highlights the changes of Urban Heat Islands (UHI) and Urban Dry Islands (UDI) intensities over the city of Moscow, Russia during the period from the end of 19th century until past years. The major reason for this is the intense growth of the city throughout the past decades. UHI can be described…
Burning economic issues for the taiga? #Russia #climate
Recently, Dr Shkolnik (Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, Roshydromet) and his colleagues from the St. Petersburg Forestry Research Institute have published a very timely paper adding to the growing discussion on the promising future of forestry profitability in Russia. The research draws up a projection of the economic consequences of climate impact on forestry in Russia…
What’s hot in Roshydromet?
We start with a summary of the “Report about climate features on the territory of Russian Federation, 2018” published this year by Roshydromet (the Federal service for hydrometeorology and environmental monitoring) which covers the annual temperatures, condition of glaciers, precipitation and CO2 concentration estimated on the territory of Russia during the last year. Annual climate…
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