Paul Goble
Staunton, May 9 – Like people elsewhere, most Russians have accepted the fact that global warming is occurring; but like others, they remain divided and are only beginning to recognize that this trend does not mean that there will be an even warming of all regions but rather introduce “climate chaos” across the board.
Not only will some regions grow warmer while others remain or even grow colder but there may be wild “swings” in temperature and precipitation both within one region and between it and its neighbors, a pattern that makes predicting what will happen increasingly difficult if not impossible, experts say (akcent.site/novosti/44822).
In some places, warming may make some kind of agricultural activity more possible but in others, the warming trend may lead to too much rain or too little for that to take place. And in others, the warming trend may destroy infrastructure or even lead to forest fires and desertification.
Officials are now being forced to try to predict what they should prepare for in a situation where predictions are far more difficult to make and where errors are likely to exacerbate problems, something that will provoke anger in populations affected who do not yet understand fully how diverse the impact of global warming actually is turning out to be.
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