Heat Waves
This alert warns people about dangerous heat conditions in cities
What is a heat alert
This type of disaster hit Ontario and Quebec in 1998
What is an ice storm
This global phenomenon causes Earth’s sea ice and glacier ice to melt.
What is the rise in average global temperature?
Unlike land, this part of Earth shows less obvious effects from rising temperatures.
What are the oceans?
This term describes a change in where a species lives due to rising temperatures.
What is range shift?
These groups are most at risk during heat waves
Who are the elderly and ill people
This city experienced record rainfall mentioned in the text
What is Toronto
Summer sea ice in this ocean has decreased substantially, opening new shipping routes.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
Water warms slower than land because of this property.
What is specific heat?
Species often move north or to higher elevations to survive this environmental change.
What is increased temperature?
This human activity increases greenhouse gases during heat waves
What is using air conditioners
These types of events include storms and heavy rainfall
What are weather-related disasters
Explorers in the 1800s had their paths blocked by this, which is now melting faster due to warming.
What is ice?
Walking barefoot on a summer day, you notice sidewalks are hotter than this, which is cooler and damp.
What is grass?
When animals cannot move fast enough to find suitable habitat, they face this.
What is new competition for food and space?
This country experienced 10 days of 40°C heat in 2008
What is Australia
This is changing in storms due to rising global temperatures
What is frequency and severity
Because of melting ice, ships can now sail between these islands in northern Canada without icebreakers
What are Canada’s northern islands?
Over the past century, the average temperature of this has risen by about 0.6℃.
What is the ocean?
Mountain species often respond to warming by doing this.
What is moving higher up?
This was the result of the extreme heat wave in terms of human impact
What is more than 40 deaths
The global change is linked to more extreme weather events
What is the increase in average global temperature
Over the past century, the world’s oceans have risen this much due to melting glaciers on land.
What is 20 centimeters?
This type of temperature increase is larger over land than over the oceans.
What is air temperature?
Range shifts can disrupt ecosystems and cause some species to do this.
What is decline or go extinct?