EARTH SCIENCE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
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Question
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Ice sheets and glaciers decrease in size and oceans become more acidic
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earh’s average temperature increases and and global sea levels rise
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extreme weather like droughts
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main impacts are decreases in water availability and crop yields, increasing risks of droughts and biodiversity loss, forest fires, and heat waves.
Detailed explanation-2: -The direct consequences of man-made climate change include: rising minimum temperatures. rising sea levels. higher ocean temperatures. an increase in heavy precipitation (heavy rain and hail)
Detailed explanation-3: -Increased temperatures, drought and water stress, diseases, and weather extremes create challenges for the farmers and ranchers who put food on our tables. Human farm workers can suffer from heat-related health issues, like exhaustion, heatstroke, and heart attacks.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following are consequences associated with climate change? The ice sheets are declining, glaciers are in retreat globally, and our oceans are more acidic than ever. Global sea levels are rising at an alarmingly fast rate-17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century alone and going higher.
Detailed explanation-5: -These include ocean heating, ocean acidification and sea level rise. Climate change threatens people with food and water scarcity, increased flooding, extreme heat, more disease, and economic loss. Human migration and conflict can also be a result.