Human Impact on the Environment : Global warming

Question 1

8 Effects of global warming

Answer 1

1. Melting of polar ice caps and glaciers
2. Rising sea levels
3. Rise in sea surface temperatures
4. An increase in extreme weather conditions (floods, droughts and heat waves, tropical cyclone/hurricanes)
5. Loss of biodiversity
6. Global food and water shortages
7. Sea water becomes more acidic, lower pH
8. Spread of disease

Question 2

4 possible actions to combat global warming

Answer 2

• Implement strategies to improve energy efficiency
• Develop technology to improve fuel economy
• Use alternative energy sources (wind, solar power, hydrogen, methane biofuels, natural gas, nuclear power)
• The planting of forests to decease CO2 levels(aforestation)