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• local effects of climate change

  (tourism- caringons)

  • Increasing global temperatures has caused an overall decline in snow cover in the cairngorns national park in the last 50 years(1)
  • A 2 degree rise will permanently reduce the amount of lying snow by up to 90%(1) causing a decline in the winter sports industry in Scotland(1)
• local effects of climate change

  (farming)

  • Warmer temperatures may mean longer growing seasons in many areas of the UK(1) Increasing food production and the range of crops being grown(1)
• local effects of climate change

  (special loss)

  • Scotland will lose some species due to rising temperatures(1) E.g. Arctic charr a cold-loving fish will almost certainly decline in warmer conditions(1)
  • Commercially important species of trees may also be lost(1) E.g. Scottish pines are already being affected by a warm weather disease called needle blight(1)
• local effects of climate change

  (flood risks)

  • An increase in precipitation, particularly in the winter in northern countries such as Scotland(1) may cause extreme and more variable weather, including floods to become more frequent and intense(1)
  • The MET office confirms that extended periods of extreme rainfall in the UK are now 7x more likely than they were 50 years ago(1)
• local effects of climate change

  (costal habitat loss)

  • Rises in sea levels are caused by an expansion of the sea as it becomes warmer(1) and also by the melting of glaciers and ice-caps in Greenland and Antarctica, ect(1)
  • This has had an impact on Scottish coastal wild life and natural habitats(1) E.g. nesting sites of the Atlantic puffin my be lost as the sea rises flooding breeding islands like the isle of may in fife(1)
• local effects of climate change

  (health risk)

  • Scotland may see an increase in the extent of tropical/vector borne diseases E.g. malaria as warmer areas expand(1)
  • This results in an increase in transmission in areas in which it was not reported earlier(1)