Impacts Of Climate Change Flashcards
Extreme weather
There have been lots of more floods, up to 130 and many more flood warnings issued in the first 3 months of 2014
Decline in arctic sea ice
There amount of ice in the colder areas has decreased massively over the last several decades.
Vanishing islands
Shallow islands have been disappearing due to sea level rise. Global sea level rose 17 cm in the last century.
Warming up
The global temperature has increased a lot since 1988. The 20 warmest years occurred since 1981, all 10 of the warmest years happening in the last 12 years.
Death of species
Due to the weather increase, bugs such as tree-eating beetles would come over a destroy our trees for food and reproduce a never ending numbers.