MOSCOW, 18 Sep. In the coming decades, climate change may turn Ukraine into a large desert, the director of the National Antarctic Science Center Yevhen Dikiy warned on the air of the Ukraine 24 channel. The scientist said that the climate on the planet has always changed, but it has never happened as rapidly as it is now. recalled the Oleshkovsky sands — a small area of the desert in the Kherson region, which has gained popularity among tourists due to the exotic landscape for Ukraine. the place of these Oleshkovsky sands was fertile black soil, a typical Ukrainian steppe, «he continued.
The scientist named the greatest threat to Russia According to the scientist, the desert in this place was formed over several decades due to improper land cultivation and such a process can occur with the entire south of Ukraine. «Everything that is a steppe zone in 30 years may be the next Oleshkovsky sands «, — Dikiy warned. He noted that the south of the country has always been distinguished by an arid climate, but now the moisture there is getting even less, and weathering is increasing.» Now our chernozems are raised by winds and carried away. for 20 years, if nothing is done about it, «the scientist said.
The timing of the global catastrophe was named He stressed that the possibility of Ukraine's flooding due to the rise in the level of the World Ocean is a distant prospect for the country, while desertification is possible for ten to twenty years. This is not the first forecast of catastrophic natural phenomena in Ukraine. So, last year, climatologist Vera Balabukh predicted the flooding of part of the country's territories due to global warming, in particular, it was about the coast of the Azov and Black Seas. The scientist also called for attention to the problem of soil erosion in this region.
The climatologist named the regions of Russia, which are threatened with flooding
