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Climate Change [Date]

Today I will:- Understand how humans can cause the climate to change- Know the impact climate change has

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Since the Industrial Revolution (1860s) the global average temperature has risen significantly

The eleven warmest years on record occurred during the past twelve years.

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- higher death toll amongst the elderly and disabled - increasing risk of forest fires

More warm days and more heatwaves

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More intense rainfall- more floods, landslides- pollution of water - destroyed harvests

- higher wind speed and more rainfall

More intense tropical storms:

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- too little drinking water- food security threatened- potential impact on conflict and migration

More droughts, more often:

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Melting ice reduction in water supplies glacial lake outburst floods

Qori Kalis Glacier, Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru

1978 2002

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Sea level rise- sea level rise will bring large

coastal areas at risk- salt water intrusion

threatens water supply and food security- impacts already being felt

particularly during storm surge

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Health and climate change

- shift of diseases to new areas- increase of water borne diseases after floods- increase of diseases due to higher temperatures, humidity or drought

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Read Pages 180 and 181. Answer question 7 on page 84 and question 3 on page 85 of the New

Wider World Textbook.