The PHYSICAL EFFECTS of CLIMATE CHANGE

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The PHYSICAL EFFECTS ofCLIMATE CHANGE
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EFFECTS on the ATMOSPHERE

• Heat Waves Temperatures increase dramatically
  and stay at high levels for days on end. The ill
  and the elderly suffer most.
• Drought Long periods of warmer temperatures
  without rainfall. This dries up the land and may
  lead to the formation of deserts. Crops and
  livestock die and this leads to food shortages.
• Wildfires Trees dry out in warmer air and when
  they receive little rain. This makes them easy
  kindling for fires that can start from human
  error or lightning.
• Storms Ice storms, hurricanes and tornados have
  become more common, have increased in severity,
  and have struck places they have normally havent
  in the past.
• Floods The air warms too rapidly in spring and
  all the ice and snow turns into water and
  bombards nearby areas.

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ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS
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EFFECTS on the HYDROSPHERE

• Melting Ice As large amounts of ice melt, the
  water flows into low-lying areas and floods lands
  that are at, or below, sea level. This results
  in
• Property loss
• Loss of freshwater
• Changing coastlines
• Ocean Warming The oceans absorb heat and warm
  up. This warming could lead to
• Loss of species
• More intense hurricanes/storms
• Less oxygen and carbon dioxide in the water
• Ocean Currents The movement of the water is
  slowing as more freshwater enter the ocean. The
  last time the oceans currents stopped the Earth
  went into a prolonged ice age!

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HYDROPSPHERIC EFFECTS
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EFFECTS on WILDLIFE

• Animals and plants also feel the pinch of climate
  change.
• Range Shifts The area in which you can live
  because it has all of the resources you need is
  called your range. Many living things are being
  moved from their habitats and are having to find
  other places to live.
• Threatened Species The increase in temperature
  may occur so quickly that animals cant adapt
  fast enough so they may possibly become extinct.
• Acidic Oceans The oceans hold about 25 of the
  CO2 that is released into the air. It mixes with
  the water and makes it acidic this harms marine
  life

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EFFECTS of WILDLIFE
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