Friday 19 June 2015

Impact of Climate Change

Using SPECIFIC examples from your country, list the impacts that Climate Change will/ is having on it. You should organize your information based on the impact on the 4 spheres of the Environments. You must include AT least 4 pictures on your assignment. 1 mark will be given for every example up to a total of 30.

These are the following impacts that impact Indonesia:
Biosphere:
the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth:
- Negative impacts on human health (cholera)
-Negative impact on human lives (cause death)
-Destruction of certain plants
-Destruction of farmland crops
-Loss of aquaculture
-Loss of other living organisms(such as animals)
-Marine migration
-Human movement (away from the country)
-Fishing would decline (loss of profit)
-Destruction to trees and rainforests
-Destruction of topsoil
-Can start desertification

Atmosphere:
the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet:
-Warmer climate in the atmosphere because of the rise in temperature
-More pollution in the atmosphere
-Trade winds decrease
-More carbon dioxide in the air than oxygen

Lithosphere:
the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle:
-Loss of land
-Prone to more droughts
-Coastal areas are destroyed due to erosion
-Beaches can be destroyed
-Destruction to roads mountains and the soil

Hydrosphere:
all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds:
-Contamination in drinking water
-Water bodies could decrease in size
-Ocean acidification
-Coastal floodings may occur
-Oceans are more warmer than cool
-Sea level rises
-Less fresh water(could get contaminated) for living organismis
-Water around that area is polluted







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