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Mind Map by Alice Buchanan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Alice Buchanan
almost 9 years ago
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The Arctic - climate change
- Socio-economic Impacts
- Shrinking
sea ice
could
open new
shipping
routes.
- New natural
resources may be
exploited
- Possibility of undiscovered oil and gas reserves
- May lead to conflict over which countries own them
- May lead to conflict over which countries own them
- Warmer climate
and soils = more
agricultural
opportunity
- Thawing
permafrost can
result in collapsed
buildings and
broken pipelines.
- Shrinking
sea ice
could
open new
shipping
routes.
- Ecological Impacts
- Changing climatic
regions means
habitats are being
reduced or lost.
- Some areas have a sensitive
ecosystem, the loss of one
species could have devastating
effects.
- For some
areas the
number and
diversity of
species may
increase as
sea ice
coverage is
reduced and
the
temperatures
increase.
- Changing climatic
regions means
habitats are being
reduced or lost.
- Vulnerability
- Low
capacity
to cope.
- Impacting
many areas of
Arctic life.
- Low
capacity
to cope.
- Environmental Impacts
- Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet
- Injection of fresh water in
to the sea, changes
density of water and could
disrupt ocean currents.
- Injection of fresh water in
to the sea, changes
density of water and could
disrupt ocean currents.
- Thawing permafrost releases CO2 and methane.
- Contributes further to global warming.
- Contributes further to global warming.
- Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet
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