Week 10: Extreme Weather

 This week we focused on extreme weather and extremely hot and cold weather affecting many regions and countries. The country I selected was Russia, it is a country known for its extreme temperatures. Russia is known for its climate ranging from steppes in the south to humid continental in much of European Russia, and subarctic Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north. Winters tend to vary from cool along the Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia. The country is bounded by plenty of mountains along the southern and eastern parts of its land. The west is often exposed to occasional winter incursions of milder Atlantic air, due to this the winters start to become more and more severe towards the eastern side of the country.  Throughout most of the year, seasons tend to vary from summer and winter-type weather, since the transitions from each season tend to happen so quickly. Due to climate changing rapidly throughout the world, places throughout Russia are affected as well. This is evident in the amount of snow cover being reduced across the country. It is shown in recent studies that climate change and its effects of such as the reduction in ice-covered areas in the Arctic will continue to decrease. It is also reported that the decrease will continue at an average of 2% per decade. 

Sources:

https://www.climatechangepost.com/russia/climate-change/ 

https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/russian-federation/climate-data-historical#:~:text=Russia's%20climate%20ranges%20from%20steppes,coast%20to%20frigid%20in%20Siberia.