Part I: The Effects of Climate Change
Effects of What does it mean? How is this caused by What are the
Climate Change Climate Change? consequences?
Changing It is a shift or change Climate Change drives a There will be an
Landscapes of Earth’s physical change to slope stability. increased erosion,
landscape and its For example, landslides larger and more
appearance from this and rockfalls responding frequent floods in
to this and from that to anomalous rainfall. rivers. Therefore, we
to that. When this happens would expect to see
oftentimes, the more the more landslides,
Earth’s landscapes will watersheds
undergo change. producing more
sediment transport in
deserts.
Economic This means an Heatwaves, for example, There will be energy
Losses economic instability make us less able to work shortages, increasing
and reduce in and it reduces losses to industry,
production of productivity. Hurricanes, illnesses and
products and services. cyclones, typhoons, and mortality, and
many other calamities scarcity of food and
devastate millions of water. Then, it will be
people, leaving them in very difficult for the
absolute poverty after residents to go back
ruthlessly sweeping away easily to the life they
their homes, crops, are used to. It will be
building, and hard for them to
infrastructure. maintain their
livelihoods and can
therefore exacerbate
social issues
including poverty and
hunger.
Temperature This means of getting What causes this change I Higher temperature
Increase the world warmer and think is we, people. We affects mountain and
warmer to live into. It drastically affect Mother vegetation as well as
Increased risks is true because of the Nature by our own water needed for
of drought, fire gradual depletion of actions. We, humans are irrigation. Also,
and food ozone layer in the increasingly influencing higher temperature
atmosphere. the increase of Earth’s is worsening many
However, if we make temperature by burning types of disasters
big changes, like using fossil fuels, cutting down including storms,
more renewable forests, and farming heatwaves, floods,
resources instead of livestock. These actions and droughts. This
fossil fuels, the add enormous amounts will change weather
increase will be less. of greenhouse gases to patterns in such a
those naturally occurring way that wet areas
in the atmosphere, become wetter and
increasing the dry areas drier.
greenhouse effect and
global warming.
Rising Seas The sea level will It is global warming that It is a threat to the
increase or the causes sea level to rise. people living near the
Stronger volume of the water is For instance, due to oceans and seas
Storms and increasing compare to extreme hot of the because we never
increased storm the pre-determined surrounding, the glaciers how and when will
damage volume of it. and ice sheets are melting tsunamis or the
which eventually add to anomalous increase
the ocean. Generally, the of water sea level will
volume of the ocean is occur. It can have a
expanding as the water devastating effect on
warms. coastal habitats
farther inland. It can
cause destructive
erosion, wetland
flooding, aquifer and
agricultural soil
contamination with
salt, and lost habitat
for fish, birds, and
plants.
More heat Heat-related illnesses Because of the depleting The effect of this on
related illness can occur when a ozone layer in the animal health and
and disease person or even atmosphere, living welfare will be the
wildlife is exposed to a creatures on Earth are too consequence of
Wildlife at risk high temperature, exposed to the sunlight combined changes of
such that their body and this could be the air temperature and
cannot cool itself reason why people and magnitude of
sufficiently through wildlife are at risk extreme weather
sweating. because of this global events. Depending
warming. on the intensity of
heatwaves and
duration, heat stress
may affect livestock
and wildlife health by
causing metabolic
disruptions, oxidative
stress, and immune
suppression causing
infections and death.
Part II: Impacts of Climate Change
Effects of How our country/region is affected by this impact of climate change?
Climate Change
Changing Our country experienced so much erosions, larger and more frequent floods
Landscapes in rivers. We experienced landslides in many regions in the Philippines like
in Maragusan.
Economic Philippines as the country facing Pacific Ocean, it is more likely to
Losses experience tropical storms and cyclones. This occurrence will affect energy
shortages due to power interruption and damages to connection of
electricity after devastation of a phenomenon, increasing losses to industry,
illnesses and mortality, and scarcity of food and water. Then the country
will most likely to borrow money from other countries which will be a huge
debt to pay.
Temperature Due to increasingly temperature in the country, scarcity of water occurs.
Increase Sometimes, to at least ease the suffering from this, water institution
schedules the water supply from region to region. Also, this affects farmers
Increased risks because drought will stop their irrigation which will eventually lead to
of drought, fire damage of crops and non-quality products.
and food
Rising Seas Some regions of the country are affected by this climate change effect. This
devastates coastal habitats farther inland. It causes destructive erosion,
Stronger wetland flooding, aquifer and agricultural soil contamination with salt, and
Storms and lost habitat for fish especially for those people who are into aquaculture,
increased storm birds, and plants.
damage
More heat Heat stroke are common problem in the Philippines and heat stress is a
related illness threat to the wildlife because aside from having less habitat for them due to
and disease deforestation, they will have a competition for water consumption to ease
their thirst and balance their body temperature.
Wildlife at risk