WHAT WILL CLIMATE CHANGE LEAD TO?
Climate models show that atmospheric temperatures will increase by between 1.5 and 4.5 C by the year 2100 if a “wait and see and do nothing” approach is adopted. The global temperature increase since the last ice age (10,000 years ago) has been about 5 C. This may not sound like much, but such drastic temperature rise would be unprecedented for modern civilization, both in terms of its intensity and its rate of increase. It is projected to have drastic social, economic and ecological implications of unpredictable dimensions: Because of thermal expansion of the water and melting of continental glaciers sea levels would rise, possibly as much as two feet (0.6 metres), by the end of next century. Rising temperatures could lead to changes in regional wind systems which would influence global rainfall distribution and lead to the redistribution and frequency of floods, droughts and forest fires. Windstorms and hurricanes could become more frequent and more intense. Increased sea temperature
Climate models show that atmospheric temperatures will increase by between 1.5 and 4.5 C by the year 2100 if a “wait and see and do nothing” approach is adopted. The global temperature increase since the last ice age (10,000 years ago) has been about 5 C. This may not sound like much, but such drastic temperature rise would be unprecedented for modern civilization, both in terms of its intensity and its rate of increase.
Climate models show that atmospheric temperatures will increase by between 1.5 and 4.5C by the year 2100 if a “wait and see and do nothing” approach is adopted. The global temperature increase since the last ice age (10,000 years ago) has been about 5C. This may not sound like much, but such drastic temperature rise would be unprecedented for modern civilization, both in terms of its intensity and its rate of increase. It is projected to have drastic social, economic and ecological implications: • Because of thermal expansion of the water and melting of continental glaciers sea levels would rise, possibly as much as two feet, by the end of next century. • Rising temperatures could lead to changes in regional wind systems which would influence global rainfall distribution and lead to the redistribution and frequency of floods, droughts and forest fires. Windstorms and hurricanes could become more frequent and more intense. • Increased sea temperatures would cause coral bleaching and the
