World Water Day, 22^nd March, was acknowledged by a lecture and discussion on the topic “Climate Change in Serbia”. The lecture was given by a meteorologist Jasminka Smailagić, who is in charge of the climate monitoring department of the Republic Hydrometeorological Service. We learnt more about climate system, “butterfly effect” and El Nino.

We compared the changes of the average annual temperatures in Belgrade from 1888 to 1990, as well as minimum and maximum temperatures. We concluded that there is a rising trend of the average annual temperature of 2 degrees Celsius, for the period from 1888 to 2014. It is becoming more common to have more frequent exchange of cold and warm period within one month, season and year. It is also more common to have extreme precipitation (floods).

Finally, we talked about expected weather conditions for the upcoming spring and summer.

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