Consequences of climate chnage

• Climate change may impact species survival due to altered abiotic factors
• Climate change may affect species directly due to the temperature change
• Higher temperatures may cause faster growing rates, changibg abiotic conditions
• Changes in precipitation affects wetland habitats by drying them out or flooding them
• Trees with deeper roots have a higher survival than those with shallower breech roots
• Timing of ecological events may change e.g. el nino
• Distribution of species may change, species will colonise new better suited environments/areas
• Climate change affects food production of some regions
• Climate change threatens species extinction
• More retention of heat in the atmosphere produces a change in atmospheric pressure and evaporation of water
• Wind patterns are changing by velocity and Frequency and direction changing in result to climate change
• Precipitation patterns are changing, higher temperatures increase evaporation hence increasing the evaporation rates.
• Precipitation may fall before reaching the typical areas of accumulation this can cause flooding and drought
• Climate change is causing changes in the cryosphere, for instance the warming affect can directly cause ice melt
• Changes in the albedo affect due to reduced ice causes reductions in amount and duration of snow cover
• There are changes in the extent and movement of land ice which may form glaciers
• There is a loss of ice shelves this aids in the movement of glaciers
• Ice melt seems through cracks in glaciers, this aids in the glaciers movemrbt by lunricating the bottom of it allowing it to pass easily over rocks
• Sea level rise can be caused by thermal expansion where the warmer atmosphere causes sea to warm and expand, or by melting land ice increasing the volume of water flowing into the sea hence causing sea level rise
• Changes in ocean currents influence the climate, for instance water warming or cooking causes a change in coastal land areas and atmosphere
• Ocean currents are important for the distribution of heat
• Climate change can impact human health for instance heatwaves are likely to cause health problems
• Climate change can affect health, for instance disease vectors may change distribution causing new more vulnerable groups to fall ill
• Water supplies can be affected by climate change due to the changes in water availability as a result of increased precipitation and increased evaporation
• Food supplies can be affected by climate change, due to a change in the ditributuon of crops
• Climate change may impact infrastructure: road heat stress may cause deformity, track buckling due to heat, drainage may not withstand precioation causing flooding, landslides can be caused by heavy rain