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Global Effects of Climate Change - Coggle Diagram
Global Effects of Climate Change
Extreme Weather
As greenhouse gas concentrations rise, so does the global surface temperature. The last decade 2015-2025 was the hottest ever.
Destructive storms have become way more intense and more frequent in many regions. As temperatures rise, moisture evaporates. This causes extreme rainfall and flooding, causing more storms.
Rising Sea Levels
The ocean obsorb's up most of the heat from global warming. The pace at which the ocean is warming has increased over the 20 years, across all aspects of the ocean.
As the ocean heats up, the ocean increases since water expands as it gets warmer. Melting ice sheets also cause sea levels to rise, threatening coastal and island communities.
Plsu, the ocean absorbs CO2, making it more acidic endangering marine life and coral reefs.
Food Security
Climate Change and increases in extreme weather events are among some of the reasons behind a global rise in starvation and poor nutrition. Fisheries, crops, and livestock may be destroyed or become much less productive.
Changes in ice covers and snow in many Arctic regions have affected food supplies from herding, hunting, and fishing.
Heat stress can evaporate water and grasslands for grazing, causing declining crop yields while also affecting livestock.
Ecosystem Degredation
Climate change poses risks to the survival of species on land and sea. These risks increase as temperatures increase.
Magnified by climate change, the world is losing species at a rate 1,000 times greater than at any other time in recorded human history.
Not to mention, One million species are at risk of becoming extinct within the next few decades.
Water Scarcity
Climate change is changing water availability, making it harder to find in other regions. Global warming causes shortages in water-stressed regions. It also leads to higher risk droughts in agriculture, affecting crops and other droughts making ecosystems more vulnerable.
Droughts can also make sand and dust storms that can move billions of grains of sand across continents. Deserts are expanding, reducing land for growing food. Many people now face the fact of not having enough water on a regular basis.
