Atmosphere

Impacts of Climate Change

19 April 2023

Impacts of Climate Change

• Understand the impacts of climate change.

• See the links between the impacts and the knock-on effects

• Be able to classify the impacts into environmental, social and economic.

ClimateChange

Sea level rise-Melting ice-Thermal expansion

Climatic zones shift towards poles Higher evaporation levels – more rainfall

Agricultural patterns change Fragile ecosystems collapse

-Coral reefs-Antarctica

Global distribution of disease carrying parasites and insects changes

More people become vulnerable to the effects of:-Drought-Flooding-Famine

Increase in extreme weather events

Effects of Climate ChangeEffect Knock-on

effectsSocial Consequences Economic

ConsequencesEnvironmental Consequences

Sea level rise-Melting ice-Thermal expansion

Agricultural patterns change

Global distribution of disease carrying parasites and insects changes

More people become vulnerable to the effects of:-Drought-Flooding-Famine

Increase in extreme weather events

Fragile ecosystems collapse-Coral reefs-Antarctica

Higher evaporation levels – more rainfall

Climatic zones shift towards poles