EARTH SCIENCE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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rising sea levels
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increased precipitation everywhere on the globe
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reduction in Arctic sea ice
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more severe storms
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Increased agricultural productivity worldwide.
Detailed explanation-2: -More frequent and intense drought, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers and warming oceans can directly harm animals, destroy the places they live, and wreak havoc on people’s livelihoods and communities.
Detailed explanation-3: -Scientists have predicted that long-term effects of climate change will include a decrease in sea ice and an increase in permafrost thawing, an increase in heat waves and heavy precipitation, and decreased water resources in semi-arid regions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lower sea levels due to increased drainage is not a prediction of human-caused climate change.