Impacts of Climate Change
- Created by: Sumtimesadness
- Created on: 27-03-14 13:41
Physical
Sea temperatures rises causes sea levels. Incease in sea levels causing coasal eroison.
Temperature rises cause ice caps to melt. This causes destruction of habitats therefore species such as Polar bears become endangered. Loss of biodiversiy
Increases in hazards for example as sea temperatures rises this means oceans become warmer provide a source for cyclones. Increase frequncy and magnitude in hydrometerological hazrds.
Changes in eco systems- desertification sahel countries
Migration of speices- cod is moving further north
Increase sea temperatures coral ree failures and reduction in marnie spieces. The sea temperatures increase becauseof thermal expanison. Since 1960 there has been a 1.8 mm rise per ea
Sea level rises- ice shees melt on land, increase in glacial meltwater, eustatic increase
Melting of ice reduces salinity od seawater, disrupt ecosysme, less saline means less dense.
Reduces salinity of sea water, weaken cold currents less dense, therefore does not sinkas much, weaken warm current, modifies or disspear
ISOSTATIC
Land rising/dinking
weightt ice sheets on land
ablation- lighten
slow change
EUSTATIC
global
change in temperatures of sea, amount of water
thermal expanison
relatively quick change
ECOLOGIAL IMPACT
Speices chane diversity
loss of sea ice
increases sea temperatures
increases in solar radiation
phytoplankton- decline which leds to decline in predators
OR inavsion of warm water…
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