[1.3] What are the Effects of Climate Change?

• The average temperature of the Earth’s surface is now approximately 1.1°C warmer than it was at any time before the Industrial Revolution.
• Large fires in the western United States have doubled between 1984 and 2015.
• Antarctica has lost approximately three trillion tonnes of ice in the last 25 years, causing global seas to rise by 8mm.
• Tropical storms require ocean surface water to be approximately 27OC.