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What are some of the potential short term effects of climate change?

Answer 1

Nova Anderson

Drought, flooding, more frequent and/or more powerful storms, undesirable political changes, fear-mongering.

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Answer 2

Jonathan Avila

Some potential short-term effects of climate change include more frequent and intense heatwaves, changes in precipitation patterns leading to floods or droughts, shifts in ecosystems and habitats, increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events such as hurricanes and storms, melting glaciers and polar ice caps, rising sea levels leading to coastal flooding, and disruptions to agriculture and food production.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.