Effects of Climate Change in Italy

1. Climate change
I T A L Y

2. Effects of climate change in Italy
 Glaciers Melting and Permafrost Thawing
 Biodiversity loss
 Heat waves
 Floods
 Landslides
 Sea level rise
 Extreme events

3. Melting glaciers
08/2013
08/2019

4. Losing Permafrost Landslides

5. • In the periodical Theoretical and Applied Climatology there is a study about
glaciers in centerwestern Piedmont, a region in Northern Italy
• Mid-way through the XIX century, there were 96 glaciers. In 2006, only 40.
• Thanks to the last registry of the glaciers, we know that in 1970 the total
surface was of 579 km2, whereas now it is of 370 km2.

6. Invasive Species
Impatiens Glandulifera Impatiens Parviflora

7. Heat Waves
● Period of excessively hot weather, measured relative to the usual
weather and to the normal temperatures for the season in the area.
● Record high temperatures in Europe, during summer 2003, caused
70000 deaths.

8. • They are related to pression anomalies, as we can see in this formula:

9. Floods
● Overflow of water that submerges land which is usually dry.
● It may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies or as an
accumulation of rainwater on a saturated ground.
● During the last years, flood and overflows have increased,
especially in Veneto.

10. Future effects on Italians waters
● The waters acidification
● An increase in hydrogeological risk
● The loss of about a half of our sea life: a consequence of glaciers melting.
● Erosion of coastline and an higher likelihood for floods’ possibility
● In particular, the areas that are most at risk in Italy are the Po Valley and the Lagoon of Venice

11. Venice and climate change
● Venice has always suffered unexpected floods but, if we don’t do something
immediately; this beautiful city risks disappearing under the sea forever.
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