EFFECTS
More frequent and intense drought, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, melting
glaciers and warming oceans can directly harm animals, destroy the places they
live, and wreak havoc on people's livelihoods and communities. As climate change
worsens, dangerous weather events are becoming more frequent or severe.

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all linked to climate change, have
increased wildfires. Declining water supplies, reduced agricultural yields, health
impacts in cities due to heat, and flooding and erosion in coastal areas are
additional concerns.

Changes in climate can cause the polar jet stream — the boundary between the
cold North Pole air and the warm equatorial air — to migrate south, bringing with
it cold, Arctic air. This is why some states can have a sudden cold snap or colder-
than-normal winter, even during the long-term trend of global warming.

Sea level isn't the only thing changing for the oceans due to global warming. As
levels of CO2 increase, the oceans absorb some of that gas, which increases the
acidity of seawater.

Climate change poses risks to the survival of species on land and in the ocean.
These risks increase as temperatures climb. Forest fires, extreme weather, and
invasive pests and diseases are among many threats. Some species will be able to
relocate and survive, but others will not.

POTENTIAL EFFECTS

The path of future climate change will depend on what courses of action are taken
by society—in particular the emission of greenhouse gases from the burning of
fossil fuels. A range of alternative emission scenarios has been proposed by the
IPCC since the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), which was published in 2014, to
examine potential future climate changes. The scenarios depend on various
assumptions concerning future rates of human population growth, economic
development, energy demand, technological advancement, climate mitigation, and
other factors.

Ice melt and sea level rise

A warming climate holds important implications for other aspects of the global
environment. Because of the slow process of heat diffusion in water, the world’s
oceans are likely to continue to warm for several centuries in response to
increases in greenhouse concentrations that have taken place so far. The
combination of seawater’s thermal expansion associated with this warming and the
melting of mountain glaciers is predicted to lead to an increase in global sea
level of 0.28–1.01 metres (11–39.8 inches) by 2100. However, the actual rise in sea
level could be considerably greater than this.

PREVENTIVE MEASURES
• Drive less. Use other transports like bicycles, e-vehicles or any vehicles which
do minimal pollution.
• Avoid consuming products with a lot of packaging.
• Adjust your thermostat.
• Plant plenty of trees to keep the earth clean and green.
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
• Walk for short distances
• Take public transports to work (or carpool)
• Use Less Heat and Air Conditioning
• Buy a fuel efficient vehicle,hybrid vehicle, or an electric vehicle
• A compact fluorescent light bulb will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
• Afforestation
• Switching to renewable sources of energy such as solar energy, wind energy, etc.
will reduce the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
• Spread Awareness

BIBLIOGRAPHY

I have used the following sources for this project

www.google.com
www.climatecouncil.org.au
www.livescience.com
https://byjus.com
www.wikipedia.org
 www.nationalgeographic.org
www.britannica.com