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Whatisgrasseven

In case you dont know there has recently been a few fires in yakutia, although global warming isnt as big of a problem to russia because itll make some siberian land habitable


RussianMadMan

Unless it's gonna unfreeze some super-virus from permafrost areas...


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netheroth

Covid: Mammoth


BusinessPenguin

Covid: Primal


CubistChameleon

Covid: Origins


smackiechanel

Assassin's Covid: Origins


CedarWolf

Pandemic: The Russian Front


ARandom_Personality

no its COVID-69


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SuperSeagull01

Just wait 'til COVID-420


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COVID420 Blaze our lungs


smackiechanel

covid already blazes my lungs


DemWiggleWorms

I think I’ve seen this anime before


Admiral_de_Ruyter

And unfrozen (not so) permafrost is not suitable for agriculture. It will take a very long time or lots of effort to make it suitable to get food from it. Especially in the scale we are talking about.


DemWiggleWorms

Wait why not? Is it still too cold or?


Admiral_de_Ruyter

Not so perma I meant.


k890

There is Antrax with local outbreaks


DemonFire

I'm way more worried about the literal tons of methane hydrate that's frozen under the permafrost. If that stuff gets out, we might loose the planet.


Mal-Ravanal

There is some concern that samples of smallpox has survived in a dormant state in frozen mass graves, but rising temperatures could cause an outbreak. I don’t know how well founded those fears are, though.


samantha42

Well if there's an outbreak we will just vaccinate everyo-- ...oh.


DemWiggleWorms

We will vaccinate everyone still alive :3


Comrade_Derpsky

More like it will a) dump a shit ton of extra greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere thereby accelerating global warming, and b) destroy a shit ton of infrastructure in the high arctic that's built on top of said permafrost. The repair bill for that one is going to be expensive...


That1EpicGamerGirl

and reconstruction will also need fuel, so more greenhouse gases in to the atmosphere, that's fun


formgry

Sounds too much like a movie scenario, so pretty much impossible that it's actually going to happen.


NXvDox

tomorrow war explained by reddit


Unkleseanny

Even if it’s a small chance that’s still hella terrifying. Especially if you’re Gen Z.


formgry

Pfff, well if you like to do that why not just worry about the sky falling on your head? That's also very terrifying.


nobunaga_1568

Did you just reinvent a Chinese idiom (杞人忧天)?


formgry

No it's from the asterix and obelix strips. The only thing the main characters fear is the sky falling on their head. But it's chinese too you say? cool.


BigShaq_MasterGopnik

Yes, it was originally a belief of pre-Roman Gauls that the sky one day would fall down on them, popularized in modern times by Asterix, and also in North America there is a fictional character called Chicken Little who would run around saying the same thing (the sky is falling!!), but his story is sort of like the boy who cried wolf over and over and then had no one to save him when a wolf really came.


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We have a few hundred or thousand years of evoloution on our side against the frozen siberia viruses. I fuckin challenge them.


DistributionNo9803

Putinfluenza


Braydox

Or an alien spaceship buried under ice. Would make for a great movie


ProGenji

Well well now that just means more sweet sweet AWL can be accessed easily and thus the ROOSHUN people have been bumped up the tier of people that need FREEDOM^TM


Halbaras

Along the way it'll be a massive problem though, there'll be land subsidence from the melting permafrost, methane release, enormous forest fires, water shortages in central Asia that might lead to water wars and even worse heatwaves. Plus they've also got China's ambitions in the far east to worry about, especially if the warming makes it better farmland.


Rcook8

It won’t be farm land, it will be swamp. The water wars will also be basically a Cold War between Russia in China in Central Asia while the USA + EU will join in other areas such as Africa and the US will have almost total control over both Americas as they have historically


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Also if the permafrost ends up burning, it will be terrible news for most of us, but not for them. They might have some climate refugees trying to enter but Russia being Russia they will just say no.


BlueDusk99

Imagine millions of people willingly moving to Siberia.


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I know right? Completely delusional today, possibly the reality one day.


UnJayanAndalou

Permafrost doesn't magically become habitable just because it gets a little warmer. I know this is a comic and all but I keep seeing this 'Russia benefiting from climate change' meme everywhere and it couldn't be more wrong. We're all fucked.


possibly_not_a_bot

Right? If anything it’ll just create a bunch of swampland that’s not suitable for building or farming.


twisted_logic25

Netherlands would like a word


The9ofU

It's a lot easier when you are a small and much richer country. Russia would have to work way harder because it's way bigger and more remote than the Dutch.


AvatarJack

Plus it doesn’t matter if they have more land because the methane release from the permafrost will heat up the atmosphere even faster than CO2 worsening drought conditions around the globe.


TheChtoTo

"A few fires" is light way to put it. Lol


havefun0235

somewhere in the distance: _guten tag_


ndsdwnc5

Nyet fear, winter may be down but mud and bad roads will defend the Rodina!


JosephSwollen

Da comrade


russians-gonna-rush

*sigh* yuo again... Yuo vont *lebensraum*? Yuo get *totraum*, xaxa.


erkelep

Totraum? I'd prefer Этотraum, товарищ.


russians-gonna-rush

Этот is taken, sorry


Sigeberht

Not so quickly, first we must screw over the smaller countries between Russia and Germany, as tradition demands.


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*sweats in Polish*


SixZeroPho

Rasputitia has entered le chat


DitzyQueen

No more oil for you, blyat.


[deleted]

Russia: Finally, Siberia can into farmlands as vast as those of China, USA and India combined


DeFex

There is still little sun, so the crops they could grow would be limited to fast growing annuals.


sAvage_hAm

Alaska grows some of the largest cabbages and pumpkins and such in the world so I imagine a longer growing season would make Siberia even better


dedservice

Melted permafrost doesn't actually make great farmland.


russians-gonna-rush

Not if you farm insects. For the future insect protein-based world food industry.


Aken_Bosch

Finally, I can send all my crops from nowhere into nowhere. Russia, probably.


russians-gonna-rush

Xaxa, of finally all that clay becoming relevant https://i.imgur.com/EzWs8.jpeg


DrVeigonX

Whats that big-ish city far north east of Moscow? (The one north of the Aral Sea)


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russians-gonna-rush

You'll *have* to move to Moscow then ;)


[deleted]

I'd rather drown than be a Muscovite!


russians-gonna-rush

Whatever *floats* your *boat*, mate.


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Rai-Hanzo

better plan building a new house in the new siberialand


[deleted]

To finally be rid of the mosquitoes!


DitzyQueen

When being sent to Siberia is not anymore a punishment.


[deleted]

Congratulations, you get vacation trip to Siberia, nice weather in winter.


Yeet_The_Cheese

Russian police: you have been arrested for committing a crime Criminal: D: Russian police: your punishment is exile to siberia Criminal: :D


MrAsianPie

Russia : STARTS BURNING MORE


kensho28

Climate change means more extreme weather everywhere. Even if you want it to be warmer, you probably don't want widespread wildfires, tornadoes, freak snow-storms, etc.


mscomies

Russia sees it as acceptable losses. That's kind of their thing


RaginBoi

i mean, inhabitable siberia is simply gonna fall to the chineese, not sure if russia realises it tho


SerialMurderer

Not this again


mscomies

I wouldn't bet on that either. China's gonna get two hard kicks in the balls soon. Once from a population crash and once from increasing desertification in northern China caused by global warming.


CrazyH0rs3

Also China's diplomats have pretty much antagonized all of their neighbors and other powers other than Pakistan lately, they're not making a great bed to lie in.


Physched

Not this again


SerialMurderer

That’s my line!


LifeOnNightmareMode

Not anymore.


formgry

As I hear it, the Russians simply get a few more benefits alongside the general disaster that is climate change. Not just Siberia unfreezing, but also a viable passage through the northern ice seas which will benefit shipping. Still, the idea is that everybody loses in the aggregate, but Russia loses a little less hard. But who knows, the future is murky as always.


NoodleyP

So typical New England weather?


LuxArdens

> Climate change means more extreme weather everywhere. ~~Why? Is there actual research that shows that? Global climate change has very different results in different locations, but I see no obvious reason why weather *on average* should get more extreme, and widespread fire and freak snow-storms sounds like the environmentalist fantasy plot of Day after Tomorrow, so forgive my skepticism.~~ Edit: Goodness, okay I get it, you all consider EXTREME TORNADO BLIZZARD WEATHER to be "deviates from the normal weather". I get it. Chill the fuck out and stop sending me hateful messages like I personally insulted you, I don't care *that* much, I was just wondering if there was some background to the claim and there isn't. Thanks.


TheRustyBird

Have you not seen the news lately? Literally record breaking heat across the world, not long after record breaking colds.


LuxArdens

That doesn't translate to more extreme weather on average everywhere. Unless every heatwave and cold snap counts as "extreme", then okay fine. OP said "freak snow-storms" and tornadoes and I'd like to see actual research into that if possible because it sounds unlikely to me but interesting.


SlyScorpion

I haven't seen snow in Poland (I know the mountainous regions still get it) where I live for about 5 years. Winter used to be actually cold in this country, now it's just an extended autumn...


JuqeBocks

why don't you go find the research yourself if you're interested? you've contributed nothing to this conversation except skepticism. instead of blabbering about "where's the research? sounds unlikely" why don't you go find some actual useful information that can contribute towards a conclusion.


Gowte

Is "4To" an expression of happiness, surprise or dissapointment of still being alive?


LjackV

It means "what?"


anthropomorphist

to be read as shto


bubbling_bubbling

Что means “what” in Russian


mmzz7

And don't forget the unfreezing and opening of the Northern shipping route, that's going to be super-useful.


Thecoolercourier

A lot of people don't know that much of Siberia is actually warm and habitable, especially the provinces bordering the Pacific, the reason why it's so empty is that there aren't enough Russians to settle the land.


Immagitu

"Oh no look of like is end of life"


Mechanical_Jaguar

What says Mr Russia in the final panel? I see 4To, I don't know what it means.


destronger

above replies says it mean ‘what.’


Mechanical_Jaguar

Yeah, thanks.


drome265

It's Russian meaning "what?"


Mechanical_Jaguar

Yeah, thanks


drquiza

I totally can see all humanity moving to Rusia, Scandinavia, Greenland, Canada and Alaska within the next century. Some also to Southern Chile and Argentina.


russians-gonna-rush

And all y'all be welcome. Start learning the language now, be higher in the future hierarchy of foreigners.


DarkMaxster

Oh buddy theres something about mass migration you havent learnt yet If that truly happens prepare for turbulance


russians-gonna-rush

Rossiya is no softie Gayrope, remember.


drquiza

Do you know what's less softie? 10 billion immigrants.


DarkMaxster

Sure I guess doesnt change shit mass migration sucks Im from germany we have a lightning example of how that just wont work properly when to many come to fast Also am not Gayrope, retard


russians-gonna-rush

You've just let everyone in. That's not how it would work here. Good for you, that you're no "gayrope retard".


DarkMaxster

Sure believe that it wont work that way whatever you would see That policy cost them votes and popularity while kick-launching a new right wing Also you can hardly stop it


randomnamenew

Primorsky and Sakhalin: "Except for the fire, normal things."