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In this chapter, I list the many ways that climate change will impact the planet, organizing the discussion in terms of the following: warming, effects on prevailing weather, precipitation, effects on ice sheets and glaciers, effects on oceans, land effects, health, vulnerable populations and developing countries, agriculture, and animals and birds.
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Blau, J. (2017). The Warming of the Planet. In: The Paris Agreement. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53541-8_2
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