1. Effects to Global Warming
Spread of Disease
Precipitation Patterns Change
Hurricane strength
Melting of Ice Caps (Many Problems)

2. Spread of Disease

3. Spread of Disease
As northern countries warm, disease carrying insects migrate north, bringing plague and disease with them. Not only up in latitude but also up in elevation.

5. Precipitation Patterns Change
Although some areas of Earth will become more wet due to global warming, other areas will suffer serious droughts and heat waves. Africa will receive the worst of it, with more severe droughts also expected in Europe. Water is already a dangerously rare commodity in Africa, and according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global warming will exacerbate the conditions and could lead to conflicts and war.

7. Hurricanes
Studies show that the number of hurricanes may stay the same but the strength of the hurricanes will increase because of the warmer temperatures of the ocean.

8. Melting of the Ice Caps SEA LEVEL RISING:
"We live in constant fear of the adverse impacts of climate change. For a coral atoll nation, sea level rise and more severe weather events loom as a growing threat to our entire population. The threat is real and serious, and is of no difference to a slow and insidious form of terrorism against us."
-Saufatu Sopoanga, Prime Minister of Tuvalu, at the 58th Session of the United Nations General Assembly New York, 24th September 2003

9. Melting of the Ice Caps
Tuvalu is one of the places on earth that is most vulnerable to the affects of global warming. The threat of sea level rise may bring complete disaster to the 10,000 Tuvaluans residing on nine extremely low-lying coral atolls.

11. Melting of the Ice Caps EFFECTS THE OCEANIC CONVEYER BELT:
Freshwater from the ice caps can stop the oceanic conveyer belt, making it colder in some areas such as England, which relies on the flow of warm ocean water for their summers.

13. Melting of the Ice Caps ECOSYSTEMS ARE CHANGING
An example is the Penguins, which have seen a 33% reduction in their population in the past decade.

15. Melting of the Ice Caps POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP
Ice caps are white, and reflect sunlight, much of which is reflected back into space, further cooling Earth. If the ice caps melt, more water will absorb more heat, melting the ice caps even more and making the situation worst.

16. Dealing with Global Warming Pgs. 472-474
Kyoto Protocol: US got out because it cost $
Mitigation vs. Adaptation
Mitigation is finding ways of reducing CO2 being put into the air and CO2 that is already in the air
Alternative Energy
Energy Efficiency
Planting Trees
Carbon Management
Adding Iron to Oceans (not smart)
Adaptation
Shifting agriculture due to climate change
Genetically engineering plants to adapt to climate change
Adding levees, dikes and canals to keep cities from flooding