Climate Passport. Kola Ecoregion

Almost every day we witness global climate changes; the weather gets more and more unpredictable and catastrophic floods, snow collapses, and mudflows occur with greater frequency. Another disappointing record was registered in 2002: arctic sea ice extent and area for the month of September reached their lowest levels since 1978 when systematic measurements began. This is a new minimum value for the whole 24'year period of detailed satellite observations and about 14%
lower than the average value. Over the whole 20th century, temperature in the Arctic has increased by 5 OС compared to the global average of 0.6 OС. Scientists predict progressive development of this tendency, which would cause a threat of new natural disasters.