Siberia expects mass migration as it warms

https://climatenewsnetwork.net/siberia-expects-mass-migration-as-it-warms/?fbclid=IwAR3oBIp4_ybY7yXaJpudWUJeSR0zxqVakJnnT2wCsVK5BxEojkR6wGXCFmY

June 7th, 2019, by Paul Brown

Siberia, currently one of the most sparsely populated places in the northern hemisphere, could become a target for mass migration as the climate warms.

By 2080, scientists report, melting permafrost and warming summer and winter temperatures will mean that agriculture could thrive and support between five and seven times the current population.

Lands to the south are becoming far less able to feed and sustain their existing populations, as heat makes crops harder to grow and cities untenable, and mass migration northward is likely, the scientists predict.

Their study, which is produced by the Krasnoyarsk Federal Research Centre in Siberia and the US National Institute of Aerospace, says the current problem of falling population in Russia will be reversed as conditions in Siberia become much better for growing food, and both summers and winters more pleasant to live in. It is published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

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