MAIN CLIMATE FEATURES
Climate change
Precipitation
Water
global processes and effects
Ice caps
changes
temperature
melting
Salinity
Ocean
circulation
Cloud upheaval
CLIMATE CHANGE PROCESSES cover
changes
Carbon
cycle
Global
disturbances
(Enhanced)
HUMAN ACTIVITIES
Warming
Greenhouse
(average
temperature rise)
Abrupt
Increase effect
Monsoon
climate
in sealed disturbances Change
surface
Gulf Stream
modification
Urbanization
CO
2
N
2
O
CH
4
Deforestation
Land use
Sea level
change
rise
Greenhouse
Land
gas
conversion
to agriculture
emissions
Traditional lifestyles
endangered Environmental
Subsistence
refugees
farming
Chemicals
and fishing
Coastal wetlands
at stake
disappearing
Agriculture
Cement
Fertilizers
Industry
Malnutrition
Drought Wildfire
Cyclone
Power-
Diarrhea Tsunami
plants
Burning Disease
Famine Flood
spread
Disasters
Electricity
fossil fuel
Cardio-
respiratory
Energy diseases
Infectious
production
Coastal wetlands
Cars diseases
disappearing
(vector
change)
Heating Transport
Biodiversity
Air
Trucking freight
Casualties
Economic
losses
traffic losses Coral
Shipping freight
bleaching
MAJOR THREATS
Present changes, causes and observed impacts 17
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