Representatives of the scientific community from 12 countries will take part in a scientific and practical conference on climate change and permafrost melting, which will be held on March 22-24 in Yakutsk, goarctic.ru reports.
"The climate changes taking place in the Arctic determine the future of the entire planet. In this century, the Arctic will warm up 2-3 times faster than the rest of the world. We should keep in mind that a significant amount of carbon is stored in permafrost, which enters the atmosphere during the degradation of the permafrost layer, which further aggravates global climate changes," said Nikolai Korchunov, chairman of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Arctic Council, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
About 500 people are planning to take part in the conference, half of them in full–time format. Russian scientists from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Buryatia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Komi Republic, Chukotka, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Murmansk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Tyumen Regions will speak at the event. In addition, scientists from 12 countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, China, India, Brazil, the USA, Japan, are expected to participate in the conference events.
"The melting of permafrost can cause serious damage: according to the estimates of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, its degradation is the cause of 29% of losses in oil and gas production, causes problems in the construction of railways, highways. According to the Russian Academy of Sciences and Lomonosov Moscow State University, the likely damage from permafrost degradation by 2050 will amount to at least 5 trillion rubles," said Maxim Dankin, Director of the Department for the Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation and the implementation of infrastructure projects of the Ministry of Eastern Development of Russia.
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