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"Within the lifetime of one generation, climate changes occur that previously took one and a half to two thousand years": an interview with climate scientist Vira Balabukh

27.03.2025

The head of the Department of Applied Meteorology and Climatology at the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Candidate of Geographical Sciences Vira Balabukh, in a conversation with journalists from "Ukrainian Pravda. Life" spoke about:

  • what climate change is and what contributes to it;
  • which regions of the world are the most problematic in terms of climate change;
  • how the seasons in Ukraine have changed over the past half-century and whether to expect natural disasters in the future;
  • what risks the war poses to the climate;
  • whether there is any positive aspect to climate change;
  • what our planet will be like at the end of this century;
  • which scenario is more realistic now: a new ice age or a fiery planet.

About this and much more – in the FULL INTERVIEW VERSION

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