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Global Hazards (Global Circulation (Atmospheric convection cells (3 types:…

- - - - Cloudy, rainy
    - - Dry, few clouds
- - - - East coast of US
      - Mexico
      - Caribbean
    - - Indian Ocean between Australia and Africa
      - East coast of Australia
    - - Phillipines
      - Indonesia
      - South of China
      - West of India
- - - - China:
        
        Drought—arable lands in N
        
        Floods—grain harvests in S
      - Pacific:
        
        Poor harvests
        
        Water Shortages
        
        Java
        
        Papua New Guinea
      - S / SE Asia
        
        Low rainfall during monsoon season
        
        Tea harvests in India and Sri Lanka
        
        Thai sugar cane crop down 15%
      - Australia
        
        Dryness in grainbelt threatens wheat production
        
        Crops dying in parts of NSW
      - Southern Africa
        
        damage to corn crops
      - NW US:
        
        3xRainfall
        
        Record snowfalls in Rocky Mountains
      - Nicaragua:
        
        Drought:
        
        Decreased food production
        
        Damage affecting 250,000 people
      - Central America
        
        Drought: 15-30% drop in production of:
        
        Maize
        
        Coffee
        
        Sugar Cane
      - Southern America
        
        Floods in Peru, Chile
        
        Rapid drop in fish catch—20% in Colombia
        
        National emergencies in Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia
    - - Alteration of weather patterns which include:
        
        temperature changes
        
        precipitation changes
      - Storm track changes and intensity
      - Alteration of currents and ocean temperature
    - - Fires
      - Droughts
      - Flooding
      - ^price of heating
      - ^price of food
      - Crash of fisheries
      - Famine
      - Plagues
      - Insect population exploding
      - Crop failure
    - - Fewer hurricanes and other tropical cyclones in N Atlantic
      - Milder winters in Canada, N USA
      - Replenishment of water in SW US
      - Less disease in some areas due to drier weather, eg. Malaria—SE Africa