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Effects of Global

Warming

Global sea level has risen by about 8 inches since reliable record keeping began in 1880. It is projected to rise another 1 to 4 feet by 2100. This is the result of added water from melting land ice and the expansion of seawater as it warms.

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SEA LEVEL WILL RISE 1-4 FEET BY 2100

Higher temperatures are linked to almost all of climate change’s most severe impacts, including more frequent and intense heat waves, widespread crop failures, and dramatic shifts in animal and plant ranges. As the world warms, ice sheets and glaciers melt, and ocean water expands. This produces sea level rise, which can disrupt and damage coastal communities and infrastructure in virtually every sea-bordering country in the world.

Temperature will continue to rise

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Earth’s global surface temperature in 2019 was the second warmest since modern record-keeping began in 1880 and 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (0.98 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, according to an analysis by NASA.

Globally, the average temperature was second only to that of 2016 and continued the planet's long-term warming trend: the past five years have been the warmest of the last 140 years.

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Frost-free Season

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The length of the frost-free has been increasing nationally since the 1980s, with the largest increases occuring in the wectern United States, affecting ecosystems and agriculture. Across the Unated States, the growing season is projected to continue to lengthen.

In a future in which heat-trapping emissions continue to grow, increases of a month or more in the lengths of the frost-free and growing seasons are projected across most of the U.S. by the end of the century, with slightly smaller increases in the northern Great Plains. The largest increases in the frost-free season are projected for the western U.S., particularly in high elevation and coastal areas.

These visualizations show observational evidence that the growing season is occuring earlier in the northern hemisphere. Scientists analyze recorded ground temperatures throughout each season and determine the earliest frost-free dates for each location every year. The earliest frost-free date in a growing season often does not correspond to the northern hemisphere's Spring equinox (about March 20), which is the astronomical first day of Spring.

Early Spring Frost-Free Regions

Hurricanes Will Become Stronger and More Intense

The intensity, frequency and duration of North Atlantic hurricanes, as well as the frequency of the strongest (Category 4 and 5) hurricanes, have all increased since the early 1980s. The relative contributions of human and natural causes to these increases are still uncertain. Hurricane-associated storm intensity and rainfall rates are projected to increase

as the climate continues to warm

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Droughts and Heat Waves

Recently projected sharp increase in periods of high temperatures and reduce periods of low temperatures, drought. By the end of this century, extreme hot days are forecast to occur 10 times more often.

The research found continued increases in human-produced greenhouse gas emissions drives up the risk of severe droughts on example of USA.

Changes in Precipitation Patterns

Projections of future climate over the world suggest that the recent trend towards increased heavy precipitation events will continue. This trend is projected to occur even in regions where total precipitation is expected to decrease, such as the Southwest.

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Arctic sea ice reaches its minimum each September. September Arctic sea ice is now declining at a rate of 12.85 percent per decade, relative to the 1981 to 2010 average. This graph shows the average monthly Arctic sea ice extent each September since 1979.

Arctic Likely to become Ice-Free

References

https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/

https://www.ucsusa.org/