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Saturday, December 26, 2015

Russia 'warming 2.5 times quicker' than global average

Russia 'warming 2.5 times quicker' than global average Moscow (AFP) Dec 25, 2015 - Russia is warming more than twice as fast as the average for the rest of the world, the environment ministry said Friday, sounding an alarm on the rise in floods and wildfires nationwide. A government report on environmental protection said temperatures in Russia had warmed by 0.42 degrees Celsius per decade since 1976, or 2.5 times quicker than the global warming trend of 0.17 degrees. ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Russia_warming_25_times_quicker_than_global_average_ministry_999.html

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