Impact of climate changes on population vital activities in Russia in the early 21st centuryстатья
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Аннотация:Abstract. The study substantiates the approach to the assessment of impact of climate change
on vital activities of population in Russia in the face of increasing climate extremes. The
obtained results reveal the occurrence of the essential climate extreme events over the period
1991–2013 in Russia that are vital for population activities. Annual amounts of interdiurnal
temperature differences and pressure were calculated. Propagation of heat and cold waves,
trends and frequencies of daily precipitation extremes were evaluated. The map “Zoning the
territory of the Russian Federation by natural living conditions of the population” adapted for
modern climate (2001–2010), illustrates the climate changes in the early 21st century. The
modern warming of climate has led to a significant easing of discomfort in the territory of
Russia. The steady decline of the absolutely unfavorable zone resulted from the expansion of
less unfavorable areas is observed, especially in the Northern and Arctic regions. In the south
the boundary of unfavorable territories shifts toward the north. It results in the expansion of the
conditionally unfavorable area in West Siberia and in the south of East Siberia. In European
Russia the favorable area expands and shifts far to the northern regions.