The impact of long-term climate change on the water and carbon cycles
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- Created on: 21-05-19 12:11
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- The impact of long-term climate change on the water and carbon cycle
- Water Cycle
- Global warming has increased evaporation and therefore the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere
- More water vapour has a feedback effect, helping to raise global temperatures, increase evaporation and precipitation
- Increased precipitation will result in higher run-off in that water cycle with greater flood risks
- Water vapour is also a source of energy in the atmosphere releasing latent heat on condensation- with more energy in the atmosphere extreme weather events such as hurricanes and mid-latitude storms become more powerful and more frequent
- Global warming has accelerated the warming of Glaciers, ice sheets like Greenland and permafrost in the Arctic
- Water storage in the cryosphere shrinks as water is transferred to the oceans and atmosphere
- Global warming has increased evaporation and therefore the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere
- Carbon Cycle
- Water Cycle
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