Climate change is impacting society, geography, and ecosystems in a variety of ways. Truth be told, weather patterns, climates, and ecosystems are so tightly interconnected and delicately balanced that it can be extremely difficult to predict the cascade of impacts which might occur. After exploring the links below, make a list of 6 different examples, giving one instance for each from an LEDC and one from an MEDC.
For example, with rising sea levels, increased coastal flooding has already become an impact of climate change, but it is one which is expected to continue to worsen. This impacts places in MEDCs like population dense New Orleans and New York City in the US, and also impacts population dense places in LEDCs like the Ganges Delta in Bangladesh.
Whilst many impacts of climate change are negative, there are a few positive impacts which might occur, including extended growing seasons in the UK. Of your examples from above, identify which are negative impacts and which are positive impacts, if any.
https://koshland-science-museum.org/explore-the-science/earth-lab/impacts#.Uj796WQfZ68
http://www.cgdev.org/page/mapping-impacts-climate-change
http://environment.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment/global-warming/gw-impacts-interactive/
http://climate.nasa.gov/effects
http://www.wwf.org.uk/what_we_do/tackling_climate_change/impacts_of_climate_change/
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/impacts-adaptation/
Extended writing - explore the following: Which areas/countries of the world create the most greenhouse gases? Compare this to the areas/countries of the world most affected by climate change. [check out these articles: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jun/19/climate-change-developing-countries-world-bank http://www.economist.com/node/14447171]
For example, with rising sea levels, increased coastal flooding has already become an impact of climate change, but it is one which is expected to continue to worsen. This impacts places in MEDCs like population dense New Orleans and New York City in the US, and also impacts population dense places in LEDCs like the Ganges Delta in Bangladesh.
Whilst many impacts of climate change are negative, there are a few positive impacts which might occur, including extended growing seasons in the UK. Of your examples from above, identify which are negative impacts and which are positive impacts, if any.
https://koshland-science-museum.org/explore-the-science/earth-lab/impacts#.Uj796WQfZ68
http://www.cgdev.org/page/mapping-impacts-climate-change
http://environment.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment/global-warming/gw-impacts-interactive/
http://climate.nasa.gov/effects
http://www.wwf.org.uk/what_we_do/tackling_climate_change/impacts_of_climate_change/
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/impacts-adaptation/
Extended writing - explore the following: Which areas/countries of the world create the most greenhouse gases? Compare this to the areas/countries of the world most affected by climate change. [check out these articles: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jun/19/climate-change-developing-countries-world-bank http://www.economist.com/node/14447171]
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