Climate change guilty again!

Climate change 'partly to blame' for sweltering Moscow

By Katia MoskvitchScience reporter, BBC News

Smog in Moscow has affected people and animals alike

Global climate change is partly to blame for the abnormally hot and dry weather in Moscow, cloaked in a haze of smoke from wildfires, say researchers.

The UK Met Office said there are likely to be more extreme high temperatures in the future.

Experts from the environmental group WWF Russia have also linked climate change and hot weather to raging wildfires around the Russian capital.

Meteorologists say severe conditions may linger for several more days.

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Birds have very intensive breathing, and such extreme levels of air pollutants have definitely affected them”

Alexey KokorinWWF Russia

The Moscow health department said earlier that the number of people dying daily in the city had reached about 700 - twice the usual number.

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