effects of climate change

• warming climate

  • causes animals to move towards poles
  • may not be able to compete with species already there= decreased biodiversity
  • plants may not be able to change their distribution fast enough=extinction
• water availability in some habitats changing

  • lack of rainfall- cant survive- extinction or might migrate to new habitat
• seasonal cycles changing

  • plant species producing flowers earlier
  • animal species producing their young earlier
• polar ice and glaciers retreating

  • water supplies depleting for people and wild life
• sea level rising

  • people,animals and habitats at risk of flooding
  • due to melting sea ice and thermal expansion