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Climate Change (Effects (Water Quality and Scarity # (Salination (More…

- - - - Increase in temperature result longer period where the storms can occur
      - Storms are more severe because there is more water evaporating
  - - - Areas dependent on Agriculture
  - - - More flooding leads to contamination of fresh water : sources
  - - - ocean water absorbs CO2, causes ocean water to become more acidic - corals cannot survive
- - - - 1 atom of Cl can destroy 100,000 ozone molecules
      - Inexpensive and not flammable
      - Found in aerosols, Styrofoam products, fire extinguishers and refrigerants
  - - - Forest Fire :star:
        
        Buring Peat (Indonesia Forest and Palm Oil Plantations)
      - Conversion of land for agriculture
        
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    - - Mining
        
        Fracking
        
        Tar Sands
      - Transportation
      - Factories
      - Heating and Power
    - - release of greenhouse gases
        
        methane from livestock and manure
        
        N2O from fertilisers
      - impact of climate change on agriculture: higher risk of drought and severe weather
  - - - UV rays are harmful or humans and animals
        
        Skin Cancer
        
        Cataracts
        
        Decrease in the productivity of forest and surface dwelling plankton
        
        Immune system suppression
        
        Increase in Smog
    - - Since 1987 nations have cut their consumption of ozone depleting substances by 70%