South African Biodiversity Media
Russian Fire
It started with a drought, which lead slowly to extreme temperatures for Russia and finally news started dribbling through about smog alerts in Moscow from fires surrounding the city. It seemed just like agriculture land that burst into flame, but within a few days 32% of the land was damaged and a fifth of the wheat crop was gone due to the drought.
According to reports on the 28th of July, air pollution rose up by 50% in Moscow. Ten temperature records had already been broken as the country climbed up to 40 degrees Celsius. According to satellite images, 300 “hot spots” were reported on the 29th of July. By the 30th of July over 900 houses in central Russia had been destroyed by the outbreak.
To Read more go to: www.southafricanbiodiversity.co.za/features/374-russian-fire
Russian Fire
It started with a drought, which lead slowly to extreme temperatures for Russia and finally news started dribbling through about smog alerts in Moscow from fires surrounding the city. It seemed just like agriculture land that burst into flame, but within a few days 32% of the land was damaged and a fifth of the wheat crop was gone due to the drought.
According to reports on the 28th of July, air pollution rose up by 50% in Moscow. Ten temperature records had already been broken as the country climbed up to 40 degrees Celsius. According to satellite images, 300 “hot spots” were reported on the 29th of July. By the 30th of July over 900 houses in central Russia had been destroyed by the outbreak.
To Read more go to: www.southafricanbiodiversity.co.za/features/374-russian-fire