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Exploring climate impacts
Age range 7-11
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What is the difference between weather and climate?
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What is climate change? • What does it make you think of? • What are some of the impacts of climate change? • How might climate change affect other people
around the world?
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This graph shows us that UK temperatures are also increasing. (Ed Hawkins, NCAS, #showyourstripes https://showyourstripes.info/)
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Key climate changes
• More intense heatwaves • Heavier rainfall • Sea level rise • Longer dry season • More severe droughts
Brazil
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Key climate changes
• Heavier monsoon rainfall
• More intense heatwaves
• Sea level rise • More intense tropical
cyclones • Melting of Himalayan
glaciers
India
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Key climate changes
• Large temperature increases
• Melting glaciers • Sea level rise
Alaska
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Key climate changes
• Large temperature rises
• Less rainfall • More intense storms • More evaporation of
water from lakes and rivers
Namibia
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Key climate changes
• Much hotter • Heavier rainfall • Rainy seasons are not
as reliable
Uganda
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Key climate changes
• Sea level rise • More intense storms • More tropical cyclones • Hotter temperatures
Fiji
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