Climate change

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  • Created by: alex
  • Created on: 09-05-13 19:18

Climate change

Causes

  • Deforestation means higher CO2 levels
  • Increase in fossil fuel combustion
  • Growing population
  • Intensive farming uses a lot of energy and produces methane etc
  • Higher energy consumption

Effects

  • Changes in migratory patterns of certain species
  • Loss of habitat
  • Extreme weather
  • Flooding as ice caps melt
  • Extinction of species

Overall summary

Climate change is a large problem in today's society and there are a lot of causes. Modern life is prone to causing the change and people have to make lifestyle changes to avoid it. The effects would be devastating to the human population and other species.

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