This was already seen during the heatwave in Europe, which claimed approximately 35, lives. In a study by Hadley Center for Climate Prediction and Research in the United Kingdom, scientists using computer models showed how greenhouse gas emissions have increased the likelihood of heatwaves. The most common health effect is hyperthermia or heatstroke that can be fatal if left untreated.
IPCC predicts that global warming will lead to hot days, followed by nights of high temperatures. Loss of agricultural productivity. Global warming can result in droughts that can worsen living conditions, particularly in Africa.
The World Wild Fund has reported that climate change can drastically alter rainfall pattern, and risk water and food supplies for millions. The IPCC report estimates that approximately 75 million to million people in Africa will be without adequate water and will face food shortages by , as crop productivity will decline by about 50 per cent.
Rising temperatures could also result in food shortages for million people in Asia. Asthma and other respiratory diseases. People suffering from heart problems are more vulnerable to increased temperatures, especially those living in already warm areas, as their cardiovascular system must work harder to keep their body cool.
Hot temperatures increase the ozone concentration, which can damage people's lung tissue and cause complications for asthma patients and those with lung diseases. Increased global warming can also pose a threat to national security, affecting food security, which, in turn, can lead to resource conflicts.
Despite opposition from many Council members, such as the Russian Federation and China, she argued that the loss of basic needs due to climate change in poor countries can increase the risk of conflicts.
Similarly, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has labelled climate change as "an act of aggression by the rich against the poor".
Rising temperatures are affecting wildlife and their habitats. As temperatures change, many species are on the move. Some butterflies, foxes, and alpine plants have migrated farther north or to higher, cooler areas.
Precipitation rain and snowfall has increased across the globe, on average. Yet some regions are experiencing more severe drought , increasing the risk of wildfires, lost crops, and drinking water shortages. Some species—including mosquitoes , ticks , jellyfish , and crop pests—are thriving. Booming populations of bark beetles that feed on spruce and pine trees, for example, have devastated millions of forested acres in the U.
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Department of the Interior DOI and other stakeholders to A study was conducted by the U. A Record of Change - Science and Elder Observations on the Navajo Nation is a minute documentary about combining observations from Navajo elders with conventional science to determine how tribal lands and culture are affected by climate change.
On the Navajo Nation, there is a shortage of historical climate data, making it difficult to assess The United States is one of eight Arctic nations responsible for the stewardship of a polar region undergoing dramatic environmental, social, and economic changes. Although warming and cooling cycles have occurred over millennia in the Arctic region, the current warming trend is unlike anything recorded previously and is affecting the region Remote sensing of land-surface phenology is an important method for studying the patterns of plant and animal growth cycles.
Phenological events are sensitive to climate variation; therefore phenology data provide important baseline information documenting trends in ecology and detecting the impacts of climate change on multiple scales. The USGS Managers of land, water, and living resources require an understanding of the impacts of climate change—which exacerbate ongoing stresses such as habitat alteration and invasive species—in order to The U.
Using satellite and other remotely sensed data, USGS scientists monitor patterns of land The Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska is a complex landscape of lakes, streams, and wetlands scattered across low relief tundra that is underlain by permafrost. This region of the Arctic has experienced a warming trend over the past three decades, leading to thawing of on-shore permafrost and the disappearance of sea ice at an unprecedented The Arctic is warming faster than other regions of the world due to positive climate feedbacks associated with loss of snow and ice.
One highly visible consequence has been a rapid decline in Arctic sea ice over the past 3 decades - a decline projected to continue and result in ice-free summers likely as soon as The polar bear Ursus Potable or clean freshwater availability is crucial to life and economic, environmental, and social systems.
The amount of freshwater is finite and makes up approximately 2. Freshwater supplies are small and randomly distributed, so water resources can become points of conflict. Freshwater availability depends Changes in land use or disturbances such as defoliation by insects, disease, or fire all affect the composition and amount of tree canopy in a forest.
These changes are easy to detect. Noticing and understanding the complex ways that global or regional-scale climate change combines with these disturbances to affect forest growth patterns and New U.
Geological Survey-led coastal modeling research presents state, federal, and commercial entities with varying storm and sea level-rise scenarios to assist with planning for future infrastructure and mitigation needs along the California coast.
A new study led by the U. The warming climate has dramatically reduced the size of 39 glaciers in Montana since , some by as much as 85 percent, according to data released by the U. Geological Survey and Portland State University.
Geological Survey report released today. Using statistically modeled maps drawn from satellite data and other sources, U. Geological Survey scientists have projected that the near-surface permafrost that presently underlies 38 percent of boreal and arctic Alaska would be reduced by 16 to 24 percent by the end of the 21st century under widely accepted climate scenarios.
If true, for many species, this would be a significant northward shift into tundra habitats where they are currently absent. Weaving concepts of ecology and climatology, recent interdisciplinary research by USGS and several university partners reveals how large-scale climate variability appears to connect boom-and-bust cycles in the seed production of the boreal northern conifer forests of Canada to massive, irregular movements of boreal birds.
Geological Survey announced today that improved global topographic elevation data are now publicly available for North and South America, Pacific Islands, and northern Europe.
Geological Survey. Geological Survey USGS scientists who study trends in climate change will be presenting the results from new studies at a workshop held in Pacific Grove, California, May , A Record of Change—Science and Elder Observations on the Navajo Nation is a minute documentary about collaborative studies using conventional physical sciences, combined with tribal elder observations to show that local knowledge and conventional science partnerships can effectively document ecosystem change and determine the resulting challenges to livelihoods.
In an extreme drought and amid high winds, many fires burned together in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the town of Gatlinburg and nearby communities to form the deadly fire that became known as Chimney Tops 2. This photo was taken on the night of Nov. Spring USGS scientists conduct a health evaluation of a young male polar bear in the Arctic as part of the annual southern Beaufort Sea population survey.
The bear is sedated for approximately an hour while the team records a variety of measurements and collects key biological samples. The annual population survey has been conducted since the mid's and helps. Walruses gathered by the tens of thousands in September to rest on the shores of the Chukchi Sea near the coastal village of Point Lay, Alaska.
Walruses are finding it increasingly difficult to remain offshore over their preferred foraging grounds in the eastern Chukchi Sea due to unprecedented loss of sea ice in the autumn, which has completely disappeared during 5. Summer ice retreat in the Chukchi Sea between Alaska and Russia is a significant climate change impact affecting Pacific Walruses, which are being considered for listing as a threatened species.
This twelve minute video follows walruses in their summer sea ice habitat and shows how USGS biologists use satellite radio tags to track their movements and behavior. Climate change is an issue of increasing public concern because of its potential effects on land, water, and biological resources. In the next several years, the United States will be challenged to make management and policy decisions as well as develop adaptation and mitigation strategies that will require anticipating the effects of a changing climate and its impacts on.
Skip to main content. Search Search. Climate and Land Use Change. Below are some of the regional impacts of global change forecast by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: North America: Decreasing snowpack in the western mountains; percent increase in yields of rain-fed agriculture in some regions; increased frequency, intensity and duration of heat waves in cities that currently experience them.
Latin America: Gradual replacement of tropical forest by savannah in eastern Amazonia; risk of significant biodiversity loss through species extinction in many tropical areas; significant changes in water availability for human consumption, agriculture and energy generation.
Europe: Increased risk of inland flash floods; more frequent coastal flooding and increased erosion from storms and sea level rise; glacial retreat in mountainous areas; reduced snow cover and winter tourism; extensive species losses; reductions of crop productivity in southern Europe.
Africa: By , between 75 and million people are projected to be exposed to increased water stress; yields from rain-fed agriculture could be reduced by up to 50 percent in some regions by ; agricultural production, including access to food, may be severely compromised.
Asia: Freshwater availability projected to decrease in Central, South, East and Southeast Asia by the s; coastal areas will be at risk due to increased flooding; death rate from disease associated with floods and droughts expected to rise in some regions.
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