Global Warming in Moldova

Last week it was unusually and disturbingly (at least for myself) warm in Moldova. On Wednesday, the outside temperature reached 14 degrees Celsius, thus making this January the warmest winter month since the first instrumental weather records in the country.

I don’t see common Moldovan people being concerned by this phenomenon. At most they are just amazed, and sometimes pleasantly surprised by generous warmth and sunshine. Farmers are worried because this unusually warm weather might mess up their crops, and consequently, their families’ incomes (for those interested in the potential impact of this weather conditions on Moldovan agriculture, here is an opinion). Government is passive because it is widely-accepted that one “cannot change the weather.” Some scientists are probably amazed in their own, scientifically tacit way.

I do not hear anybody talking about global warming, and this unusually warm January temperature for Moldova being a real manifestation of it.