Russian climatologist warned of a universal catastrophe

Humanity will face catastrophic consequences if the average temperature on Earth rises by more than 1.5 degrees in the next 30 years. This was warned by a climatologist, associate professor of the Agrotechnological Academy of KFU. Vernadsky Vladimir Ryabov.

On the air of the Sputnik radio station, the scientist explained that in the last 40 years the warming on Earth has turned out to be very serious: the average temperature has increased by two degrees. And the reason for this is not only and not so much the activity of mankind, but natural processes.

The consequences of rapid climate change will be natural disasters, and the more global the changes, the more dangerous these disasters are, Ryabov described the situation.

According to him, the melting of ice in the oceans and on the tops of mountains can become the beginning of colossal disasters: up to a third of the earth’s land, including densely populated areas, can be flooded.

Recall that it was previously reported that Climate Central (NGO working on climate and environmental education) has created visualizations that show how devastating the effects of global warming and climate change will be if drastic measures are not taken.

Using the latest global data, scientists have made a forecast of flooding of cities on the planet under a scenario of high (such as now) CO2 emissions, leading to a warming of 4 degrees Celsius.

The median forecast for global mean sea level rise for this increase in temperature is 8.9 m over a range of about 200 to 2000 years. If this happens, approximately 50 large cities, mostly in Asia, will have to be protected from water, otherwise they will be flooded. Many small island states will almost completely disappear. Sea levels will rise so much that water will flood the land, which is home to up to 15% of the current population of the Earth – about one billion people.