Results of Rising Temperatures

The results of rising temperature are many and varied on the land and in the ocean. We invite you to help gather authorative opinions and evidence of these effects which include melting glaciers and icecaps, loss of permafrost, drier countries and wetter countries and the pressures on plant and animal species.

It is important to identify in advance at what point these will cause unacceptable damage to life on the planet - including us. Bear in mind that 1 degree of warming on average includes 6 degrees warming in some Northern areas and some cooling in other places. The most accurate climate models are starting to indicate the worst problem areas. The 11 states of the US West have shown above average warming leading to local losses of billions already.

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Sources

1. Large Study of Effects 14/05/08
2. 9 Tipping Points 25/03/09
3. Thresholds of Climate Change in Ecosystems Government Report 21/01/09
4. Methane Release off Siberia leads to new fears 23/09/08
5. Caribbean Coral Devastation 11/06/09
6. B C Forest Fires More Severe 04/08/09
7. Catastrophic Methane Release Debate 30/10/08
8. 30% of Land Birds Threatened 08/12/07
9. Infectious Diseases move to populated areas 28/01/09
10. Victoria Forest Fires explained 10/02/09
11. Himalayan Glaciers Retreat endangering Asia's water 13/12/08
12. Antarctic Ice Shelf Set to Collapse 20/01/09
13. Danger to Amazon
14. Borders Threatened in US study 07/09/08
15. Large fish in danger ? 27/10/08
16. Ozone Hole 8% larger in 2008 may be due to warming 20/09/08
17. Ocean Stratification Endangers Phytoplankton
18. EU Summary of Strategic Dangers 04/04/08
19. Himalayan Dangers from glacial lakes overflowing 20/04/08
20. Lake Warming endangers 2500 species 05/05/08
21. Water Shortage and Migration 25/01/08
22. One Third of Frogs Endangered 03/03/08
23. Chinese Rangelands will Suffer 06/07/08
24. Indus River and most Asian Rivers in Crisis 13/04/08
25. US West Starting to Suffer 01/04/08
26. Population Destabilized in every continent 11/03/08
27. Adriatic Doomed as current stops. 13/09/07
28. $500 billion hurricane by 2020 says report 07/04/08
29. Least Arctic Ice in History 19/09/07
30. Waking up to the Value of Water 20/04/08
31. Rising Hurricane Trend 31/07/07
32. Hurricane Increase Questioned 13/04/08
33. Disappearing Countries 19/09/07
34. Food Shortages 02/10/07
35. Uncontrollable Forest Fires more frequent 27/09/07
36. Forest Dieback Conference 18/09/07
37. Aspens Starving to Death in Colorado USA 05/04/08
38. NASA watches for hurricanes by measuring the Gulf water temperature. 17/08/07
39. Arctic Oil Dangers
40. Rising temperatures may Awaken Ancient Micro Organisms 14/08/07
41. Some Places Wetter and Others Drier 02/08/07
42. Larger but fewer storms may cause More or Less Forest Fires 30/08/07
43. Rainier Tropical Oceans Drier Land 28/08/07
44. 100 year flood every decade in NY study helps mayor take action 11/07/07
45. Food for the poorest in danger
46. Leading to War 11/07/07
47. Message from Everest 06/07/07
48. Appeal from Orissa 17/06/07
49. Whales Underfed 07/07/07
50. Wolves, Reindeer and Suicides
51. Trials of Increased CO2 and Ozone in Forest of Northern Hemisphere 28/08/07
52. Climate Change Affects World Agriculture
53. Wild relatives of Domestic Crops Endangered
54. Gulf Stream Weakening
55. Snow Loss in Antarctic
56. Permafrost erosion
57. Contribution of Arctic Methane 01/11/07
58. Antarctic Ice Thinning
59. Arctic Passage Widens
60. Prehistoric Upwelling Could be Repeated accelerating the warming.
61. Heatwaves and Floods in Britain
62. Chinese Agriculture in Danger
63. American Wildlife
64. Desertification
65. African Poverty
66. Moose Example of Sensitivity to Temperature
67. UN reports efforts Woeful
68. Loss of Species
69. Fish Endangered
70. Endangers Plant Pollinator Relationships
71. Heat Waves, Water Shortage and Drought Patterns
72. Dust and Hurricanes
73. Alaska Warmer Dryer
74. Ice Shelf Collapse linked to warming
75. African Drought
76. Greatest Unknown - Clouds
77. Difficulties of Antarctic Measurements
78. Mass Migration
79. Insect Population Increases
80. Warmer Ocean Dangers
81. Eventual Sea Level
82. Australia Warming Faster
83. Could Dolphin diseases be a first indicator of ocean problems?
84. More rain less rain
85. The Leaf Litter Study will help climate modelling