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Impacts of Climate Change, Causes of Climate Change, Climate changes cause…

- - - - Higher temperatures: foster the population growth of disease-carrying mosquitoes + decrease the interval between blood meals + shorten the [virus’s] incubation time.
      - Lack of rain: may do even more to accelerate virus spread, which is a result of climate change
      - Drought: leads to close contact between avian hosts and mosquitoes around remaining water sources --> accelerates the epizootic [virus spread among animals] cycling and amplification of [West Nile virus] within these populations.
- - - - trap heat = more summer time/extends the heat yay!!!
        
        Or more winter because all the seasons are affected = good for winter crops
      - = more carbon dioxide in atmosphere as well
        
        = plants can take in more CO2
  - - - EG NORWAY: Norwegian farmers can grow their crops for up to 2 months longer
      - EG CHINA: production of fruits and nuts is reduced as they require cool weather conditions
    - - Risk of frost damage increases
  - - - One consequence is that by the end of this century, Norwegian farmers could be growing their crops for up to two months longer. In areas of higher elevation, in fact, the difference could turn out to be three months.
        The growing season is defined as the number of days with an average temperature of at least 5°C.
    - - In response to the mild and shorter winters, increased productivity and the allowance of new more profitable crops. Nothern regions and southern regions of Canada will see more warming, with longer frost free seasons. Carbon dioxide will also increase, increasing growth of small grains and oilseeds by increasing photosynthesis and crop water use efficiency, mostly benefitting corn
      - Some crops, such as canola and wheat, are particularly vulnerable to heat stress during the flowering period, and high temperatures can result in lower weight gains in livestock, reduced reproductive capacity, reduced milk and egg production, and in extreme cases, livestock mortality.
      - Increased temperatures, longer growing seasons, shifting precipitation patterns and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme events from climate change will bring challenges to Canada's agricultural sector. In most of Canada, springs will be wetter, summers will be hotter and drier, and winters will be wetter and milder. Changes in temperature and precipitation patterns will increase reliance on irrigation and water-resource management
    - - wine makers had to adjust their wine-making to adapt to the longer growing seasons and higher temperatures
      - The longer growing seasons caused an increase in the sweetness and alcohol content of wine.
      - The increase in alcohol content of wine is seen as a problem: Less business for wine-makers, decrease in revenue
      - https://theworld.org/stories/2011-06-19/lengthening-seasons-threaten-italian-wine
- - - - Destroyed weather stations (e.g WIllis Island)
      - widespread flooding
      - 1 recorded Death
      - Heavy rainfall
      - Disruption of power supply
      - 1,000 people reported significant damage to their homes
      - affected more than 4,500 kilometres of the Queensland Rail network
      - damaged more than 9,000 kilometres of road
      - damage cost of US 3.5 billion
  - - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMaFfb2Hu5A
- - - - threaten low lying areas and islands
        
        risk of losing land
        
        2/3 of worlds largest cities located at coastal areas-- at risk
      - examples of places vulnerable to sea levels rising
        
        east coast of US
        
        Miami
        
        New York City
        
        Major cities in Asia
        
        Southeast Asia: Bangkok, Thailand
        
        Shanghai, China
      - VENICE CASE STUDY:
        The city of Venice has a surrounding lagoonal ecosystem that is highly vulnerable to rising sea levels. Venice is closely dependent on sea level variation in the Adriatic sea which is linked to sea level variations in the Mediterranean sea. Regional atmospheric and oceanic processes will likely contribute significant interdecadal future variability in the Venetian sea level with a magnitude comparable to that observed in the past.
        
        people in venice flooding+ walking thorugh the flood
        
        people walking through the flood
        
        VENICE! with our hands
      - sea levels rising! in real life
  - - - E.g. USA, East and Gulf Coasts (Vulnerable to floods)
      - water takes up more space and sea level rises