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Global warming Consequences
Higher temperatures are having effect on animals, plants, people and ecosystem. (Climate-related disaster)
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Ocean-based storms get stronger.
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Extra heat pulls the soil moisture out of the ground and causes pervasive droughts.
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It dries out the vegetation and causes more fires.
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More lighting.
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Spreading of microbial diseases from the tropics to the higher latitudes.
World map showing surface temperature trends (°C per decade) between 1950 and 2014. Source: NASA GISS.
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