Times are changing and so are birds’ habits

Ingham, John. “Ingham’s World: Times are changing and so are birds’ habits.” Express.co.uk. Express.co.uk, 09 Mar. 2017. Web. 13 Mar. 2017.

http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?ca te=__16623

 

A new study suggests that a quarter of threatened birds are already being negatively impacted by climate change.Scepticism of climate change may be on the rise in some political circles, but there’s no turning a blind eye to animals that live in some of the world’s most climate-susceptible ecosystems. Effects of climate change are applying further pressure to the world’s most threatened species, often without us even noticing it. Urgent need for conservationists to reassess and adapt their ongoing programmes, in order to ensure that climate change doesn’t deliver a final blow to already struggling species.

 

In this article it talk about the dangers in endangered species. This climate change could be the end of them all with the changing of the weather, ecosystems being destroyed, so many things could happen meaning so many animals would either die or learn to adapt in their new ecosystems and that might be dangerous for us especially if they are invasive species. This could leard to major problems in the future.

 

Climate Change will Affect Agriculture

 

Service, Purdue News. “Rising CO2 due to climate change may not improve agriculture, model shows.” Rising CO2 due to climate change may not improve agriculture, model shows – Purdue University. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2017.

Climate change in the future will have a great effect on agriculture in the future, The location of much of the world’s agriculture will also change in ways that affect the global food supply. Agriculture in tropical regions will likely be the hardest hit by climate change, he said. And higher global temperatures will make it more difficult for farmers to work in the heat of the day, leading to less food production, he added. Indeed, existing research already shows that heat limits work at certain times of day depending on the season in certain tropical and subtropical areas, Fish quantity will decrease as the ocean warms up. In the article it says that the problem with food production decreasing near the equator, is noted, is that almost all of the human population growth that’s predicted for the next 50 years will occur in the tropics,

 

This article talks about the changes of agriculture that will most likely happen if we continue on this path of climate change increasing. The article also talks about many interesting theories of what might happen if we don;t change the way we are living, and it also gives great effects on what might happen, as well as what is happening in sme parts of the world. It really opens your eyes at the things that can happen and the struggles that we will have to live through if we continue living like this.

Pakistan’s Unheralded Fight Against Climate Change

Kugelman, Michael. “Pakistan’s Unheralded Fight Against Climate Change.” The Wire. N.p., 11 Mar. 2017. Web. 13 Mar. 2017.

https://thewire.in/115683/pakistans-fight-against-climate-change/

 

As India-Pakistan relations have worsened, the IWT  one of the few longstanding symbols of cooperation between the rivals have come under significant strain.

These developments have emerged against the backdrop of an even more serious threat to the IWT climate change. This phenomenon has contributed, to the droughts, floods, and glacial melt that have convulsed both countries in recent years, resulting in dramatic changes to the Subcontinent’s hydro environment from added strain on water infrastructure to new patterns of river flows. As they both share the river it has caused some stress, especially with climate change.

 

In this article I learned that these two countries share a river and it is really hard to manage how much each country takes from it, it is almost impossible to fully regulate and the droughts caused by climate change oly stress out the situation even more because if there isn’t enough equal water amounts for each country they’ll have water shortages as well as shortages on watering crops, etc.

 

Climate change impact on Australia may be irreversible

Murphy, Katharine. “Climate change impact on Australia may be irreversible, five-yearly report says.” The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 06 Mar. 2017. Web. 13 Mar. 2017.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/07/climate-change-impact-australia-may-be-irreversible-report

 

Australia’s environment has found the impacts of climate change are increasing and some of the changes could be irreversible. It has been studied that climate change is altering the structure and function of natural ecosystems in Australia, and is affecting heritage, economic activity and human well being. The most severe impacts will be felt by people who are socially and economically disadvantaged. High water temperatures have caused a widespread of coral bleaching, habitat destruction and species mortality in the marine environment.

 

This article talks about Australia’s climate change and the effects it’s had on their coral reefs, Australia hasn’t been doing such a great job in trying to minimize their carbon footprint, just last year the built a new coal plant right near the ocean, and know most of their once beautiful coral reefs have been declared dead. In australia the effects are not only shown on the environment, but on the people as well. Australia needs to improve on managing the way they take care of the environment especially now than ever.

Mexico City, Parched and Sinking, Faces a Water Crisis

Kimmelman, Michael. “Mexico City, Parched and Sinking, Faces a Water Crisis.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 17 Feb. 2017. Web. 13 Mar. 2017.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/17/world/americas/mexico-city-sinking.html?_r=0

 

Mexico city has been experiencing some big effects of climate change from droughts to floods, mexico city has had More heat and drought which means more evaporation and more demand for water, this adds pressure to tap distant reservoirs at staggering costs as well as the further draining of underground aquifers that hasten the city’s collapse. Many have died from the ancient clay lake beds that have been dried up the same clay beds that the Aztecs built their city on. The ground has opened up and people, and buildings have fallen into them, buildings have also begun to sink especially near the capital.

 

This article shows how climate change has affected the way Mexico gets their water, as well as the struggle from using up their aquifers because of the droughts. If this lack of water continues mexico’s city could eventually all crumble and then millions of people would die, as well as have to move out, the crops wouldn’t have enough water so the economy would just really fail causing millions of jobs to be lost. Climate change plays a big role in our everyday lives, and knowing that if one thing goes bad such as there being a drought, it could affects a whole country in different ways.

 

Effects of climate change on USA bird populations

(2016, March 21). Retrieved November 21, 2016, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160331154009.htm

Climate change has caused Populations of bee-eater and Cetti’s warbler, species with a southerly distribution in Europe, increase in recent years,causing more northerly distributed species such as willow tit and brambling to decline in the same period. Positive and negative effects have been caused because of climate change on birds, many of the effects depend on the type of bird. The American robin, a familiar species across much of continental USA, has declined in some southern states such as Mississippi and Louisiana, but increased in north-central states, such as the Dakotas. Climate change has caused birds to migrate into different areas as well.

As climate change has caused populations of birds to either decrease or increase, it has also caused migration. Birds have been arriving into areas they have never been and this could cause problem especially if birds migrate to areas where most of our crops grow, in a way they might benefit by eating the bugs, but when they begin to eat parts of crops it will become a problem that will need to be fixed in order to keep the food production going.

The politics of climate change in the United States

The politics of climate change in the United States. (2016, July 17). Retrieved November 21, 2016, from http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/techknow/2016/07/politics-climate-change-united-states-160714105644450.html

Because of rising water levels, many families in Miami have been forced to relocate, or else they face major property damage. City officials are moving quickly to keep the city dry by installing pumps and raising buildings and streets. The infrastructure is expensive, and applying for funding from the state or federal level again highlights the political divides surrounding climate change.

The divide of politics between climate change has been addressed a lot this year, but many can say it is false but you cannot say that all those families that are relocating because of sea level risings is fake, all the government can do is help but in the end they have a responsibility to keep their citizens safe, but also it s up to them to decide for themselves if they believe in the effects climate change has been having on the US.

Symptoms of climate change are rampant, undeniable

Service , F. N. (2016, Nov 18.). America’s TV meteorologists: Symptoms of climate change are rampant, undeniable. Retrieved November 21, 2016, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/11/18/americas-tv-meteorologists-symptoms-of-climate-change-are-rampant-undeniable/

Climate has affected the east coast, many of the areas with higher precipitation, as well as lower snow levels. Over time the climate change has caused changes in the weather, mostly disrupting winter by it being warmer, and the summer times hotter. We have also witnessed droughts as well as forest and crop fires. All these are some of the effects that the US has witnessed because of climate change.

If this continues the future for many families don’t exist especially with people living so near the coast, with the seasons being messed up, having some places be too cold or too hot will eventually cause many crops not to grow as well, which could lead to hunger because there won’t be enough food grown. If we don’t find ways to at least slow down climate change we could be seeing more of these effects rapidly in the years to come.

Supermoon flooding shows the reality of global warming

@. (2016, Nov 20). Donald Trump’s climate wake-up call: Supermoon flooding shows the reality of global warming. Retrieved November 21, 2016, from https://www.therussophile.org/donald-trumps-climate-wake-up-call-supermoon-flooding-shows-the-reality-of-global-warming.html/

Climate change pushed high tide waters above local flood levels over the past few years. High tide floods are rarely deadly unless they coincide with a powerful storm. The minor floods block roads, they can swamp basements and storefronts as they have in Maryland, but also the salt they bring can kill forests and affect farmland. Economic impacts of these floods can be difficult to assess. Many of the impacts have included costs to retailers that can’t open their doors on some days and damage caused by floods to cars and buildings. Fixes are expensive, and with the climate change only means bigger storms and heavier rains.

As climate change continues it will begin to affect our weather. Around the coasts of the United states many of them will be flooded over the years to come, as sea levels rise they will cause lots of destruction, costing the government millions to fix. So not only will climate change cause floods, it will also cause many economic impacts.

Climate Change is Affecting North American Fish

In Hot Water: Climate Change is Affecting North American Fish. (2016, June 29). Retrieved November 20, 2016, from https://www.usgs.gov/news/hot-water-climate-change-affecting-north-american-fish-1

Climate change has begun to affects the sockeye fish located in northern america by warming up the water. As a cold water fish if the water warms up too much it can begin to stress the fish, causing it to not eat and not grow. Not only has climate change affected the fish but it has also affected recreational fishers, as recreational fishers notice that there aren’t many big fish many will begin to lose interest of fishing causing the amount of revenue that they contribute to the US to significantly go down.

If more fish begin to get stressed eventually many will die, this will cause not only an imbalance in revenue, but also in the natural cycle, the predators that eat this fish won’t have enough and that eventually will cause predators to die, causing even more problems. The government will then have to spend lots of money trying to establish the natural cycle in a new way, but there is a possibility that they won’t be able to fix the problem.