Oh dear, 500 year drought ?
Just about right time in the cycle.
This will occur again and again as the cycle is variable in length
between 600 and 1000 years.
The last warm peak was around year 1000 ad when the Vikings settled in
Greenland and farmed the country.
It is all very natural and has been known for some thousands of years.
It is no secret, it is all in history.
The last cold period was the little Ice Age known as the Maunder
Minimum around 1800.
The modern warm period peak is about now and we will be certain in
about 50 to 100 years when it starts to cool again.
It is the sun, the earth's orbits, sunspots and cosmic rays.
It is all natural and is expected.

IT IS THE SUN STUPID !

Looks to me like Russia's the place to be in the coming years.
They're all going to have to go hat in hand to Putin in the end.

http://www.rferl.org/a/on-russia-s-far-eastern-frontier-acres-of-free-land-but-little-interest/30848156.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_on_the_Far_Eastern_Hectare

Vladivostok and Primorsky Kray look nice.
http://twitter.com/siberian_times/status/759656051033509889/photo/1