CC EFFECTS

Question 1

What was the increase in global surface temperature from 1880-2012?

Answer 1

0.85c.

Question 2

What are some regional differences in climate changes?

Answer 2

Alps - temperatures are rising twice as fast as globally.

US/Greece - most states are warming but some are cooling.

Question 3

What are the predicted changes to our oceans?

Answer 3

Changes in ocean circulation

Further sea level rises. Already from 1901-2010 a 19cm rise has happened.

Question 4

What is happening to our crosphere? (3)

Answer 4

Melting glaciers, icebergs and arctic sea ice.

Melting permafrost.

Melting mountain glaciers, which can lead to water scarcity.

Question 5

What are the impacts on our biosphere? (4)

Answer 5

Faster fauna and floral migration.

New diseases to appear.

Better conditions for pests.

Extinction.

Question 6

What are the impacts on humans? (4)

Answer 6

Water scarcity.

Diseases expected to spread.

Longer pollen seasons.

Higher mortality due to heat and cold.

Question 7

What will happen to society? (3).

Answer 7

Deceased work productivity.

Migration and tension.

Uninhabitable zones.