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1 Warmer Temperature - Having or giving out a moderate - Because of greenhouse gas - From Key West to Amazon
degree of heat, as perceived by emissions have increased the
the senses greenhouse effect and caused Earth’s
surface temperature rise.

2 Decreasing snow cover - The reduce of snowfall and less - Specifically, since the industrial - New England and Central
and shrinking glaciers snow cover on the ground that revolution, carbon dioxide and other Europe
could diminish the beneficial greenhouse gas emissions have raised
insulating effects of snow for temperatures, even higher in the poles,
vegetation and wildlife, while also and as a result, glaciers are rapidly
affecting water supplies, melting, calving off into the sea and
transportation, cultural practices, retreating on land.
travel and recreation for millions of
people.

3 Increasing frequency - The rising of warm, moist air from - Because of climate change, it worsen - Nigeria and Yemen
and intensity of extreme the ocean that helps to power the the frequency, intensity, and impacts of
storms storm. some types of extreme weather
events.
4 Reduced precipitation - Current climate models indicate - Because of climate change. It is likely - Arctic Ocean and Atlantic
and increased that rising temperature will causing parts of the water cycle to Ocean
evaporation in some intensify the earth’s water cycle, speed up as warming global
regions increasing evaporation. temperatures increase the rate of
evaporation worldwide. More
evaporation is causing more
precipitation, on average.

5 Sea level rise - The increase in the level of - First, galciers and ice sheets - Haiti and Kiribati
world’s oceans due to the effects worldwide are melting and adding
of global warming. water to the ocean. Second, the
volume of the ocean is expanding as
the water warms. Third, much smaller
contributor to sea level rise is a decline
in the amount of liquid water on land-
aquifers, lakes and reservoir, rivers,
soil moisture.

6 Sea surface - The temperature of the water at - As the ocean absorb more heat, sea - Lagos, Nigeria and United
temperatures rise the ocean surface surface, and the ocean circulation Arab Emirates
patterns that transport warm and cold
water around the globe change.
Changes in sea surface temperature
can alter marine ecosystem in several
ways.
7 Changes in terrestrial - Global change that affects - Because of rapid changes in water - Brazil and India
and marine biodiversity biodiversity across the marine and temperature, salinity and nutrient
terrestrial realm concentrations, and due to overfishing,
habitat destruction and the introduction
of foreign species, global biological
diversity in the oceans is rapidly
declining.

8 More frequent and - Naturally occurring wildfires are - Climate change enhances the drying - Siberia and Argentina
larger forest fires most frequently caused by of organic matters in forests (the
lighting,volcanic, meteor and material that burns and spreads
others. wildfire), and has doubled the number
of large fires between 1984 and 2015
in the western United States.

9 Increased frequency of - When more moisture-laden air - Climate change affects the intensity - United States, Midwest and
heavy precipitation in moves over land or converges into and frequency of precipitation. Warmer Northeast.
some regions a storm system, it can produce oceans increase the amount of water
more intense precipitation. that evaporates into the air. When
more moisture-laden air moves over
land or converges into a storm system,
it can produce more intense
precipitation.
10 Soil changes (e.g. - Soil changes with age- as a soil - Soil degradation is a natural process, - Mexico and Paraguay
moisture, levels, ages, it gradually starts to look it can also be caused by human
erosion, and acidity) different from its parent material. activity. In the last few decades, soil
degradation has been speed up by
intensive farming practices like
deforestation, overgrazing, intensive
cultivation, forest fires and construction
work.

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