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Consequences of Climate Change - Coggle Diagram
Consequences of Climate Change
Agriculture + Food
Climate change can affect the production of crops as well as types of crops that can be grown in certain areas.
Droughts - May cause loss of crops and damage to trees.
Lack of access to water is an issue, particularly in developing countries.
The lack of water not only creates competition for water resources amongst people but also amongst countries.
Increasingly extreme winters with heavy rainfall can create the risk of flash flooding, river flooding and rise in the level of seawater.
Sea Levels
Sea level rise is due to both thermal expansion as well as melting ice-sheets.
Warm seas will also fuel more intense tropical storms.
In the UK it is likely that the rise in sea level will affect people living in coastal areas. Some coastal areas are already experiencing extreme storms, floods and coastal erosion due to the rise in sea level.
It can also affect the access to quality of goods and services.
positive effects
Many crops likes peaches, oranges, apples which couldn't grow in the UK before can now be grown in the UK.
Better transportation systems and less accidents due to less extreme winters which can block transport.
Ecosystem + Biodiversity
There is a biodiversity loss.
Species are at risk.
Some species won't be able to survive in the rising temperatures.
Marine life will be affected not only by the increase in sea temperature and changes in the ocean but also by ocean acidification as the concentration of carbon dioxide will rise.
Negatively affect corals and their ecosystems.
Health
A warmer and more unstable climate would lead to higher levels of air pollutants.
Increase in transfer of diseases through unclean water and contaminated food.
Flooding creates suitable environments for disease-carrying insects such as mosquitoes.
The Ozone layers protects us from harmful sun radiations and a depletion in the layer would lead to an increase in skin cancer.
The depletion in the Ozone layer could also lead to a rise in the number of people suffering from eye diseases such as cataract.