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CLIMATE CHANGE
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- 1EGYPT ENVIRONMENTALEnvironmental
- average rainfall is under 10mm each year
- illnesses increases due to heat waves
- diseases like Malaria spread
- nearly 600km2 of farmland is irrigated using water from the river Nile - 2EGYPT ECONOMIC- Tourism decreased due to conditions being too hot and not enjoyable
- Increase in illnesses means more money is needed for doctors and nurses to treat people
- crops fail due to conditions and therefore need food from other places which is more expensive - 3UK SEA LEVEL AND TEMPERATURE RISESEA LEVEL RISE
- 2020 - 10cm
- 2050 - 25cm
- 2080 - 45cm
TEMPERATURE RISE
- 2020 - 1.5c
- 2050 - 2.5c
- 2080 - 4c - 4UK ENVRIONMENTAL- more foods can be grown e.g. olives
- animals can move to uk is conditions suit them
- can kill off animals which are used to colder conditions
- salmon population crushed due to harsh water killing their eggs - 5UK ECONOMIC- tourism boom increase in money
- holidays in uk, more money, and less people places needed - less greenhouse gases released - 6MEDIVAL WARM PERIOD- Vikings moved Greenland
- little sea ice
- 950 - 1250 ad
- Vikings could have food and supplies imported - 7LITTLE ICE AGE- 1350 - 1850
- frost fairs on River Thames
- main crop was potatoes
People had to kill own animals
- black plague made worse
- stopped growth of crops
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