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Consequences of GW • More rain → More flooding (4 deg C → +10%
precipitation) • Increased rainfall intensity → soil erosion • More evaporation → more droughts (Australia, Russia) • Less snow pack → less stored water
- (30-70% snowpack will disappear in CA by 2100) • Hotter → heat deaths
- (2003 heatwave Europe cause 40K deaths) • Hotter → less crop yields → starvation
-(1 deg Cover 30 deg → -10% less yield rice, wheat, corn)
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