PowerPoint Presentation - Houghton, 2009, p 5.

Climate Changes Resulting from Global Warming, p. 2.

•Sea surface temperature is rising.

•Ocean water is more acidic from dissolved CO2, and this is negatrively affecting marine organisms.

•Dissolved oxygen in the oceans is declining because of warmer water.

•Deep ocean temperature is rising.

•Continental ice sheets are shrinking.

•Arctic sea ice is shrinkng as a result of global warming.

•Storm tracks are shifting poleward.

•Extreme weather events are more frequent

•Daily record high temperatures occur twice as often as record lows.

•Sea level is rising and rhte rish has accelerated.

•Global wind speed has accelerated.

•Extreme warm events in winter are much more prevalent than cold events.

•Extreme weather is increasing.

•Global warming is changing on Earth on a global scale.

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