Impacts Of Climate Change Flashcards

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Extreme weather

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There have been lots of more floods, up to 130 and many more flood warnings issued in the first 3 months of 2014

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Decline in arctic sea ice

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There amount of ice in the colder areas has decreased massively over the last several decades.

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Vanishing islands

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Shallow islands have been disappearing due to sea level rise. Global sea level rose 17 cm in the last century.

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Warming up

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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.

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Death of species

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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.

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