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Russia and Canada are big, but Canada is lots of muskeg and much or Russia is inhospitable, -30 in the Winter and 35 in the Summer. Putin was giving people 200
by mc32 4y ago
Russia and Canada are big, but Canada is lots of muskeg and much or Russia is inhospitable, -30 in the Winter and 35 in the Summer. Putin was giving people 200 hectares for free to move into Siberia --few takers.
- nostrademons 4y agoThat's the whole climate-change part - it's not going to be inhospitable for long. Global warming affects the poles more than temperate regions - climate models predict up to 10C warming in the arctic winter. As the permafrost melts the biome is going to change dramatically, although the transition is likely to be quite messy.
- mc32 4y agoWhen the Tundra defrosts it's muck, things sink, vehicles get stuck. And it's freaking hot in the Summer already, so turn it up and I don't know what it is, but it's not hospitable.
- nostrademons 4y agoSure, but if the tundra defrosts for long enough, you start getting evaporation, aquifers, drainage, all the normal water cycle stuff that happens in more temperate parts of the globe.