Effects of climate change
- Created by: Peredur
- Created on: 07-10-13 15:35
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- Effect of global warming
- Polar caps melting
- Since 1976 the size of the summer polar ice cap in the Arctic has shrunk more the 20%.
- The Antarctic peninsular has warmed, and 13000km2 of ice has been lost over the last 50 years
- Rising sea levels
- Thermal expansion of water
- melting ice decreases ocean salinity mean less transfer of heat leading to no ocean current patterns
- Glacier retreats
- Rising sea levels
- Thermal expansion of water
- Rising sea levels
- Change in global temperatures
- For a hurricane to form to ocean surface must be over 26.5 degrees Celsius with increased global temperatures hurricanes will become more severe and more regular
- melting ice decreases ocean salinity mean less transfer of heat leading to no ocean current patterns
- Growth of deserts
- Coral bleeching
- Polar caps melting
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