HS Environment Climate change is already here – The pictures show what price we are paying for it

Global warming is visible and felt in the daily lives of people around the world. At its most extreme, it takes away the harvest, the home, and the spirit from the people. The pictures show what price we are paying for climate change.

Karrelle burned forests, homes left in flames, houses torn apart by the hurricane, dead animals and destroyed hundreds. These and other extreme events of climate change are already commonplace around the world.

World leaders will gather in Glasgow today, Sunday, for the start of a two-week UN climate summit. The meeting will talk about emission reductions, curbing global warming and who is responsible.

Global warming is already affecting social conditions, the economy, infrastructure, human property and health around the world. At its extreme, it also requires casualties.

Climate change is exacerbating extreme weather events. A global rise in temperature means more droughts, forest fires, more severe hurricanes and floods leading to floods are expected. As extreme events become more common, more damage will occur.

The effects of global warming are clearly visible in agriculture and food production. Food is projected to become more expensive as yields deteriorate.

Climate change is also affecting health. Increased heat waves torment the elderly population in particular and increase mortality.

A man struggled on a flooded promenade with his vehicle in strong winds and heavy rain in July 2014 in Haikou City, Hainan in southern China. China was hit by a super typhoon that had previously killed dozens of people in the Philippines.

North the regions have warmed the fastest, but the greatest risks are accumulating in the poorest countries in the south. In Madagascar, for example, the Indian Ocean is suffering from a severe famine estimated to have arisen for the first time as a result of climate change.

In the northern hemisphere, last summer was marked by violent forest fires. Particularly devastating fires were experienced on the west coast of the United States, western Canada, and Siberia.

In Kenya, it is estimated that a prolonged drought puts more than two million citizens at risk of famine. Rainfall was low in March-May, so people living in arid areas need food aid. One of the drought-affected areas is Marsabit in the north of the country. Pictured is a cow carcass near the town of Karg in early October.

In California, the United States, a forest was destroyed in September by an extensive wildfire. According to California fire authorities, a total of at least about 8,000 square miles of forest and terrain have been burned in the state this year.

In Europe the summer was record hot. Greece, Turkey, Spain and Italy are particularly affected by the fires. There was also a forest in Finland. The Kalajoki wildfire was the largest in Finland in decades. It is supposed to be a foretaste of what is to come.

In Finland, extreme weather events are still at a moderate level, but they are increasing. The past four summers have been at least warmer than usual, and heat records have also been broken.

In Finland, the most common damage caused by climate change is floods, storms and deforestation.

Burning terrain in Kalajoki at the end of July.

In Finland, winters have condensed in the Helsinki metropolitan area. In Oittaa, Espoo, children slid down a hill on top of a cannon made of cannon snow in January last year.

In August, sheep drank water from a river in the province of Soria, Spain, where temperatures rose to over 40 degrees during the day. Thermal warnings were issued in several areas of Spain during the summer.

There was a need for air conditioners in August in Madrid, Spain, when the heat wave lasted a long time.

Firefighters tried to control a forest fire in July 2019 near the village of Vila de Rey in Portugal. Strong winds and warm weather made firefighting difficult.

People rushed indoors from heavy rain in June 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Australia suffered from historically large forest fires last year. In the village of Cobargo in the state of South Wales, houses were destroyed in January 2020.

In India, the state of West Bengal is home to one of the largest mangrove forests in the world. The livelihoods of those living in the estuary of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers depend to a large extent on the natural resources of the area. Global warming is threatening the region. One of the causes of the environmental emergency is deforestation. Residents have felled trees for firewood and sale, among other things.

An alarming proportion of the world’s coral reefs have died over the past decade as a result of human activity. The biggest cause of death is warming seawater, which expels algae living in symbiosis with the coral animal and causes the coral to lose its color.

Bangladesh’s coastal areas are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which are directly affected by, among other things, storms and rising sea levels.

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