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MORE Consequences of GW • Hotter → more invasive species - Mountain Pine Beetle
→ forest fires
- Milder winters reduced winter larval death from 80% to 10% - Montana lost a million acres of trees to the beetles → fires in Arizona (1% of state)
• Hotter → less sea ice → 3 week shorter feeding season for polar bears • Melting Polar Caps Sea Level Rise → Climate Refugees
- If Greenland's Ice sheet melts entirely sea level rises 23 feet - 10 meter rise affects 63 million Indians and 62 m Bangladeshis
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