This document discusses the effects of climate change, including coastal erosion seen when comparing photos of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina from 1999 to 2004. It also notes the disappearance of Argentina's Upsala Glacier, which is retreating at a rate of 200 meters per year. Finally, it lists 9 effects of climate change identified by the Natural Resources Defense Council, such as intense rainstorms, drought and wildfires, more powerful cyclones, deadly heat waves, and melting glaciers.

1. What is happening in these pictures?
This is a section of shoreline at Cape
Hatteras in North Carolina in the USA,
pictured in 1999 and 2004. Rising sea
levels are expected to speed up coastal
erosion.
Argentina's Upsala Glacier was once the
biggest in South America, but it is now
disappearing at a rate of 200 metres per
year.

2. The ‘Natural Resources Defence Council’
lists 9 effects of Climate Change.
They are working to safeguard the earth, its people plants and
animals.
1. Intense rainstorms.
2. Drought and wildfire.
3. More powerful and dangerous cyclones.
4. Deadly heat waves.
5. Warmer temperatures.
6. Increased spread of diseases e.g. Malaria.
7. Ecosystem shift and species die off.
8. Melting glaciers.
9. Sea level rise.

3. Diamond 9
MOST
Important
LEAST
Important
On the worksheet you
will be asked to rank
these effects in what
you consider to be
order of importance.
The most important
goes at the top, the
next 2 below......down
to the least important
at the bottom.
In the middle there are
3 on the same row so
these should all be of
similar (middling)
importance.
Which effects
are the biggest
threat to me?
Which effects
are the biggest
threat to human
kind?