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DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2025-25-4-53-69
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GEOPHYSICS
| UDC 504.3.054 | Original Article |
Global and regional climate change:
causes and consequences
Tashilova Alla Amarbievna
doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, associate professor, Leading Researcher, Cloud Physics Department, High Mountain Geophysical Institute (360030, Russia, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Nalchik, Lenina str., 2), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2368-6047, tashilovaa@mail.ru
Abstract. This paper briefly addresses pressing issues of the modern world: climate change (global and regional), its causes, and potential consequences. The causes of climate change are presented for various time scales. Both the anthropogenic nature of modern climate change and the characteristics of climate change that do not fit into the theory of their anthropogenic origin are discussed. It is shown that climate change in the modern period is occurring increasingly intensively. The consequences of these changes worldwide, in Russia, and in the Caucasus region are listed. For the Caucasus region, the most pressing problem is changes in the water balance due to the degradation of Caucasus glaciers caused by current rates of warming, as shown, especially in the summer season. Forecasts from the IPCC Glacier Reports to 2100 under possible RCP (Representative Concentration Pathways) scenarios are provided.
Keywords: climate, temperature, warming, greenhouse effect, anthropogenic, Caucasus region, glacier degradation, water balance.
Funding. This article was prepared using the results of research work on topic 3.2.3 “Monitoring and studying climate change in various climatic zones of the southern European Russian region, analysis of their consequences for the hydrometeorological regime, water and agroclimatic resources. Development of methods for reducing risks in various areas of activity related to climate change” of the Roshydromet Research and Technological Work Plan for 2025 (approved by Roshydromet Order No. 416 dated December 26, 2024).
Competing interests. There are no conflicts of interest regarding authorship and publication.
Contribution and Responsibility. The author participated in the writing of the article and is fully responsible for submitting the final version of the article to the press.
For citation. Tashilova A. A. Global and regional climate change: causes and consequences. Adyghe Int. Sci. J. 2025. Vol. 25, No. 4. Pp. 53–69. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2025-25-4-53-69; EDN: JTTAQW
Submitted 28.10.2025; approved after reviewing 17.11.2025; accepted for publication 24.11.2025.
© Tashilova A. A., 2025
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