CLIMATE OF THE NORTH: WARMING OR COOLING?
The purpose of this article is to analyze the main existing views on the issue of climate dynamics trends in the North, with a focus on its causes and consequences. History of the views formation, indicating diversity of opinions and approaches was traced; there is no single point of view, even about the main causes and trends of the dynamics, as well as about its consequences for the individual components of the environment, one of the most important of them are permafrost rocks. Powered by the opinion of experts that at the beginning of the XXI century was noticed the obvious completion of modern warming, and at the beginning of 20-30s it is likely for a new "cooling period" to start. Later will be shown a number of related aspects of the dynamics of the current climate, in particular the main causes and trends, the scale of consequences, etc.