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Effects.

Humans.

- Economic impact
- It could help to increase food production (because increasing levels of carbon dioxide may speed up the rate of photosynthesis)
- Leads to more health concerns (disease vectors could change their geographical patterns and breeding seasons because of change in temperatures. eg. tropical diseases could be more common in temperature regions)
- Health effect directly from the heat
- Effects on Aquatic system (ecosystems)
- People move inland, increasing the populations' density and leading to an increase in hunger and disease

Environment.

- Polar ice caps and mountains glaciers to melt rapidly
- Increase in the salinity of freshwater
- Coastal lands washed under the ocean
- More tidal waves, flood and strong beach erosion in the coastal areas

  Courtesy: ABC news

Ecology.

- Changes in the enviroment could possibly force various species of flora and fauna out of their natural habitats.

- Possible mass extinctions due to lost of habitats.

  Courtesy: National Geographic

Climate.


- Changes in weather patterns
- Possible increase in flooding due to increase in rainfall
- Possible increase in droughts due to lack of rainfall
- Increase in tropical cyclones due to increased water vapor in the air