PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ICE IS MELTING WORLD WIDE ESPECIALLY AT THE POLES.
HURRICANES AND OTHER STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME STRONGER.
SEA LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE BETWEEN 7 AND 23 INCHES BY THE END OF THE CENTURY.
FLOODS AND DROUGHTS WILL BECOME MORE COMMON.
IF THE QUELCCAYA ICE CAP IN PERU CONTINUES TO MELT AT ITS CURRENT RATE, IT WILL BE GONE BY 2100, LEAVING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO RELY ON IT FOR DRINKING WATER AND ELECTRICITY WITHOUT A SOURCE OF EITHER.
SPECIES THAT DEPEND ON ONE ANOTHER MAY BECOME OUT OF SYNC, PLANTS COULD BLOOM EARLIER THAN THEIR POLLINATING INSECTS BECOME ACTIVE.
ECOSYSTEMS WILL CHANGE SOME SPECIES WILL MOVE FARTHER NORTH OR BECOME MORE SUCCESSFUL OTHERS WON’T BE ABLE TO MOVE AND COULD BECOME EXTINCT.
SOME BUTTERFLIES, FOXES, AND ALPINE PLANTS HAVE MOVED FARTHER NORTH OR TO HIGHER, COOLER AREAS.
The insects have chewed up 4 million acres of spruce trees.
Precipitation (rain and snowfall) has increased across the globe, on average.
