2.2 Consequences of global climate change

Unit Contents

• 2.2.1 Climate change and the hydrosphere and atmosphere
• 2.2.2 Climate change and the incidence and severity of extreme weather events
• 2.2.3 Climate change and the biosphere
• 2.2.4 Impacts of climate change on people and places

2.2 Consequences of global climate change is part of the core — Global change (Paper 2). The geographic inquiry for this sub-topic is: the effects of global climate change on places, societies and environmental systems

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Geographic inquiry: The effects of global climate change on places, societies and environmental systems

• Climate change and the hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere, including:
  • water stored in ice and oceans, and changing sea levels
  • carbon stored in ice, oceans and the biosphere
  • incidence and severity of extreme weather events, including drought
  • spatial changes in biomes, habitats and animal migration patterns
  • changes to agriculture, including crop yields, limits of cultivation, soil erosion
• Impacts of climate change on people and places, including health hazards, migration and ocean transport routes

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