Due to climate change, animal and plant species that were previously unusual for this region began to appear in Yakutia. This was reported by YASIA Nikita Tananaev, leading researcher of the SB RAS Institute for Permafrost Research and head of the laboratory for the study of climate and ecosystems of the northern regions of NEFU. He noted that the plant world is responding more quickly to climate change, which is already leading to changes in landscapes.
The fauna is also adapting quite quickly and species that were not found before are beginning to appear in Yakutia. Recently, a black vulture that had never lived in this area before was seen in the Nam region. This suggests that animals are experiencing increasingly favorable climatic conditions in new regions. However, mites also appeared, causing great inconvenience.
In recent years, many rare species of animals and insects unusual for this region have been recorded on the territory of Yakutia.
Among the latest discoveries, a new and rare subspecies of the Arctic butterfly was discovered in the upper part of the Arga-Tash mountain range. Climate change may also play a role in the emergence of animal hybrids. For example, brown bears began to appear in the lower reaches of the Kolyma River, where polar bears live. Scientists suggest that polar bear and brown bear hybrids may emerge in the future.
There was previously a bear on the Kuril Islands stole A bowl of soup from the tourist camp.