Hydrological risks in Western Siberia under the changing climate and anthropogenic influences conditions

Abstract

The article considers hydrological hazards and risks, the dynamics of which are connected to climate change and anthropogenic influence on water bodies and their watershed areas. The hydrological consequences of climate change in Western Siberia are characterized by a high level of spatial and temporal heterogeneity and wide diversity. The authors determine the most dangerous hydrological phenomena with potentially high-risk levels, the causes of such dynamics and characteristic spreading areas. They reach the conclusion that both likelihood and scale of negative effects of certain hydrological phenomena and processes increase with the development of climate change and increase of anthropogenic influences.

Keywords:

• climate change
• Western Siberia
• hydrological hazards and risks

Acknowledgements

The research has been supported by the grant issued in accordance with Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 220 dated 9 April 2010, under Agreement No. 14.B25.31.0001 with Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation dated 24 June 2013 (BIO-GEO-CLIM), RFBR-RGS grant No. 13-05-41116–RGS, and RFBR grant No. 14-05-00700.