EES 1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Malaria, Southwestern United States, Montreal Protocol

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Earth & Environmental Sciences
• Course: EES 1080
• Professor: Dorale

Document Summary

5 impacts of cc on humans: health impacts a. Increase in re-emergence, spread of infections and diseases: malaria ~ Temperature change in us: increase in weather related issues, increase of air quality respiratory illness, ashama, increase in radiation damage; skin and eye cancers, agricultural impacts. Decrease in forest health: water resource impacts. Decrease in water quality; increased competition for clean water. Ice caps, glaciers, and climate: glaciers and arctic areas are more sensitive to global warming than other places on earth. Glaciers are melting rapidly as global warming proceeds. Atmosphere . 0001: impacts on coastal areas. Probable increase in intensity of storms: species and natural area impacts. Biodiversity allows biosphere to adjust to changes.