Climate

Question

Examine the implications of global warming.

Answer

The implications:
(i)Due to global warming, the polar ice caps and mountain glaciers would melt and the amount of water in the oceans would increase.
(ii)It is projected that by the year 2,100, global temperature will warm about 2°C. This rise in temperature will accompany many other changes: one of these is a rise in sea level, as glacier and sea ice melt in response to warming.
(iii)According to the current prediction, on an average, the sea level will rise 48 cm by the end of twenty-first century. This would increase the incidence of annual flooding. 

(iv)Climatic change would promote insect-borne diseases like malaria, and lead to shift in climatic boundaries, making some regions wetter and others drier. 
(v)Agricultural pattern would shift and human population as well as the ecosystem would experience change.

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