the day after tomorrow….. the effects of global warming … … in different parts of the world
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The Day after Tomorrow…..
The Effects of Global Warming …
… in different parts of the world.
Bangladesh Flooding
More monsoon rain
More Himalayan snow melt
More river flooding.
Location of Bangladesh
Arctic Ice Melts
Air temperatures warm (Global Warming)
Because of the greenhouse effect
… and the Arctic Ice Cap melts
The Arctic Ice melts
And cools the warm North Atlantic Drift so it stops
So the U.K. is no longer mild in winter….
… We get ice and icebergs!
Canadian Forests
Like cold climates but lie south of the Arctic
Trees here would suffer in warmer climates and drier conditions i.e. they would die out
Forest in British Columbia, Canada
Increased risk of forest fire in drier weather
The Maldives and other low lying islands
may be submerged
To us in the U.K. Global warming might be an inconvenience but
To the people of the Maldives it is a matter of life and death!
The Maldives lie in the Indian Ocean
The Sahel semi-desert drought zone
May get even drier
And become a desert as the Sahara spreads southwards.
They people may be forced to move
To become refugees
Living in camps, begging for food, in the capital city
The Sahel
Region of west Africa
There is a greater and greater shortage of water
Beaches might disappear in the Mediterranean Sea area
As beaches get drowned
Tourists stay away
And hotels lose trade
Tourism fails to bring in money.
The Mediterranean Sea coasts specialise in summer holidays …
For sun starved visitors from northern Europe
As the Tropical seas get warmer
So the risk of hurricanes increases
Every late summer period.
The damage can be devastating
Loss of life in poor countries
Expensive damage to property in richer countries
People in richer countries have insurance
But the extra damage
Causes insurance companies to go bankrupt
Or causes the companies to charge more so people can’t afford insurance
Insurance industry worried about global warming
September 2, 1996
Florida, USA
rich
Caribbean islands
Like Jamaica
poor