I was curious about the potential effects of climate change on different regions. The Working Group II of the IPCC (www.ipcc.ch) had made the following predictions last year in August:
North America
- extended period of high fire risk and large increases in areas burned
- increased intensity, duration, and number of heat waves
- in Western mountains, decreased snowpack, more winter flooding
- in coastal areas, increased stress on people and property as climate interacts with development and pollution
Africa
- decreased water availability by 2020 for 75-250million people
- loss of arable land, reduced growing seasons and reduced yields in some areas
- decreased fish stocks in large lakes
There are more regions predictions, I was just familar with these areas the most.
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