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Rising temperatures and persistent drought has reduced Kalmykia's farmland to dust

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Video. Russian desert expands due to climate change

Updated: 02/11/2021 - 10:14 GMT+1

As desertification decimates the Russian Republic of Kalmykia, Europe’s most arid regions could suffer the same fate, if the climate crisis continues.

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