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What effects does it have on the enviroment?

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what can it do to the enviroment

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  1. It would help enormously if you found yourself able to tell us WHAT you are talking about.


  2. what effects....as in the effects of global warming???

    if it is, global warming is destroying the balance of the climate on Earth. For example, too much rain in some places and/or  major droughts in others.

  3. i am assuming IT is global warming....

    AGRICULTURE:

    shifts in food-growing areas

    changes in crop yields

    increased irrigatation demands

    increased pests,crop diseases, and weeds in warmer areas

    WATER RESOURCES:

    changes in water supply

    decreased water quality

    increased drought

    snowpack reduction

    melting of mountaintop glaciers

    FORESTS:

    changes in forest composition and locations

    disappearence of some forests (especially at high elevations)

    increased fires from drying

    loss of wildlife habitat

    SEA LEVEL AND COASTAL AREAS:

    rising sea levels

    flooding of low-lying islands and coastal cities

    flooding of coastal estuaries,wetlands,coral reefs

    beach erosion

    disruption of coastal fisheries

    contamination of coastal aquifers with salt water

    BIODIVERSITY

    extinction of some plant and animal species

    loss of habitats

    disruption of aquatic life

    WEATHER EXTREMES:

    prolonged heat waves and drought

    increased flooding from more frequent,intense, and heavy rainfall in some areas (hurricanes--> ones like katrina happening several times a year, every year)

    PLUS, THERE ARE NUMEROUS EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH, AND POPULATION.

    but you only asked for the environment, so there you go. there are many more effects as seen above than some could even imagine

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