Changing Climates Global Effects Flashcards
What are the three categories of impacts that geographers use ?
Social , economic and environmental
Name two environmental impacts
Glaciers will shrink and ice sheets like Greenland will melt this means water stored on land in ice will be returned to the sea and sea levels will rise Also polar habits will be lost
What is happening to corals like the Great Barrier reef in Australia?
Sea temperatures are warming bleaching the coral which turns white and dies and can not support life
How might climate change effect the economies of countries?
Weather is getting more extreme more money needs to be spent on predicting extreme weather events reducing the impact and rebuilding homes etc like after storm Haiyan in the Phillipinnes
How is global warming affecting farming ?
Maize crops have got smaller effecting the economy of some countries like Brazil and China
How might the increase of wild fires in Australia caused by climate change affect people ?
Peoples lifes are threatened and they may loose homes and jobs
How might global warming lead to environmental refugees?
Low lying area are being flooded and lost to the sea like the Maldives in the Indian Ocean while some places do not have enough water like Ethiopia
