*impacts of climate change

• Impacts of climate change

  • More extreme weather events
  • Less predictable rainfall
  • Rising sea levels
• We are already feeling the effects of this increase in temperature
• How higher temperatures increase extreme weather

  1. More energy in the atmosphere

  2. Increases chance of extreme weather events like hurricanes and typhoons

  3. Increase in number and severity of storms
• How changing climate affects rainfall

  1. Rains may come late, or might not come at all

  2. Rain may fall when it doesn't normally fall-or fall much more heavily, causing flooding

  3. Monsoon rains can be heavier than usual, causing severe flooding
• When rains fail, people may lose their harvests
• Long droughts also increase the risk of wildfires
• All of these changes affect not only people, but also plants and animals
• How rising temperatures affect sea level

  1. Water expands as it is heated, so if the sea temperature increases, sea level rises

  2. Melting ice caps and glaciers add extra water to the oceans