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2. Carbon dioxide emitted from:
Øpower plant
ØCars
ØAirplanes
ØBuildings
3.Deforestation
Disease
•
As northern countries
warm, disease
carrying insects
migrate north,
bringing plague and
disease with them.
•
2.Warmer waters
and more
hurricanes
As the temperature
of oceans rises, so will
the probability of more
frequent and stronger
hurricanes.
3.Increased
probability and
intensity of
droughts and
heat waves
Although some areas
of Earth will become
wetter due to global
warming, other areas
will suffer serious
droughts and heat
waves.
4.Economic
consequences
Most of the effects of
global warming won’t
be good. And these
effects spell one thing
for the countries of the
world: economic
consequences.
5 . P O L A R IC E C A P S M E LT IN G
§ First: It will raise sea levels. There are
5,773,000 cubic miles of water in ice caps,
glaciers, and permanent snow.
Alaska
1914 2004
COLORADO RIVER
Arizona