Changing Climate Theory Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
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List impacts of climate change in Europe.
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- Ageing population - 35000 died in 2003 heatwave.
- Losing winter sports industry as ice melts.
- 16 billion USD lost in 2003 heat wave from wine production.
- Glaciers retreating.
- Warmer temperatures speed up grape ripening - meaning lower quality.
2
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List impacts of climate change in North America.
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- Increased effects from heat waves will challenge cities.
- Aggregate yields of rain-fed crops will increase 5-20% in early part of the century.
- More powerful tropical storms.
- Western mountain warming will decrease snowpack, increasing winter flooding.
3
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List impacts of climate change in South America.
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- Droughts will intensify, meaning soil salinisation.
- Flooding from sea level rise will displace people.
- Water availability affected for human consumption and energy generation.
- Desertification of agricultural land.
4
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List impacts of climate change in Asia.
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- Southeast will see greater effects of diarrhoeal disease.
- Decrease in freshwater from annual glacier melt.
- Crop yields will increase 20% by mid 21st century in east and southeast Asia.
- Glaciers melting faster, meaning flooding and rock avalanches.
5
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List impacts of climate change in Africa.
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- 350-600 million will experience increased water stress.
- Malaria to spread out geographically and up mountains.
- Climate variability will severely compromise agricultural production.
6
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List impacts of climate change in Oceania.
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- Water security to worsen by 2030 in southeast Australia.
- 1-2°C temperature increase in cooler areas, meaning longer growing season.
- Drought and wildfire will decrease by 2030.
7
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List impacts of climate change in the polar regions.
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- Reducing Arctic sea ice, damaging infrastructure and changing fishing & transport.
- New Arctic shipping route with summer melt.
- Increased emissions from melting permafrost (stores twice as much carbon as is in atmosphere as CO2).
