{"id":28731,"date":"2020-05-17T12:03:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T17:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=28731"},"modified":"2020-05-17T12:03:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T17:03:56","slug":"that-darn-climate-change-conspiracy-ctd-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/05\/17\/that-darn-climate-change-conspiracy-ctd-51\/","title":{"rendered":"That Darn Climate Change Conspiracy, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"

There have been some positive reports on how the Covid-19<\/strong> outbreak has had some positive effects on the environment, and so presumably on anthropogenic climate change – although probably immeasurably small – but it’s not all silver linings.<\/p>\n

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Spring wildfires across Siberia have Russian authorities on alert for a potentially devastating summer season of blazes after an unusually warm and dry winter in one of the world\u2019s climate-change hot spots.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Some of the April fires in eastern Russia have already dwarfed the infernos from this time last year, which\u00a0ultimately roared through 7 million acres in total \u2014 more than the size of Maryland \u2014 and sent smoke drifting as far as the\u00a0United States and Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Siberia also is among the areas of the world showing the greatest temperature spikes attributed to climate change. This year, the average temperatures since January are running at least 5.4 degrees (3 Celsius) above the long-term average, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.<\/p>\n

In a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month, Russian Natural Resources Minister Dmitry Kobylkin said \u201cthis year’s summer [in Russia] may be one of the abnormally hottest in history, or if not the most abnormally\u201d hot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Warming trends in Siberia are melting permafrost, which releases vast amounts of planet-warming greenhouse gases. The massive blazes in the summer also potentially accelerate global warming. [WaPo<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s not unusual to have fires in Siberia in spring and summer, but it appears the magnitude is growing – and reinforcing the problematic gases. So how does this connect to Covid-19<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt might be one of the indirect effects of coronavirus,\u201d [volunteer firefighter Andrey] Borodin said. \u201cBecause people are in self-isolation and don\u2019t go to work, they have more time to go out, especially people in the villages near forests and fields. And they can cause fires \u2014 maybe with a barbecue or something else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many Russians flocked to their country homes, or dachas, during a six-week national \u201cnonworking\u201d period intended to stunt the coronavirus\u2019s spread.<\/p>\n

Another ripple effect of the pandemic: Borodin said volunteer firefighters who would typically go out in groups of seven or eight have been told to work in pairs or trios to follow social distancing guidelines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Presumably, this is less efficient.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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