Environment & Pollution :: Global Warming :: Signs
Signs of Global Warming
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The receding of ice formations on Earth (snows at mountain-tops, glaciers, and Antarctic and Arctic ice)
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The increase of shrubbery in Arctic
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Thinner clouds over the sky, that decrease the ability to reflect heat from the sun (as studied by NASA)
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The discovery of the decrease of Earth's albedo (the amount of sunlight reflection by the Earth surface to the Moon) by 2.5 percent, which means the Earth has loosen some levels of capability to reflect sunlight to the Moon.
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Change in wind directions
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Dry ice formation |
Antarctic ice |
Impacts
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Stormy weather (more chances for hurricanes, floods, cyclones, and storms to happen)
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Increased severity for drought, hunger and spread of diseases, especially in poor countries
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Declines of amphibians, caused by altered precipitation patterns resulted in lower levels of pond and lake waters, where amphibians survive.
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Damages to coral reefs
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Marine diseases
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Rising ocean temperature
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Ecosystem degradation
- Declining of biodiversity
- Economic and social downturn.
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