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Climate Change

Spain News. Climate Change. How it affects Spain. Pluvia Loriente CEIP JOSEP TARRADELLAS. Predicted effects of climate change on Spain :. ( El Pais ). Less snow. Arid climate to spread to much of Andalucia & Castilla-La Mancha. Reduction in water resources of 5%- 14% before 2030.

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Climate Change

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  1. Spain News ClimateChange How it affects Spain Pluvia Loriente CEIP JOSEP TARRADELLAS

  2. Predicted effects of climate change on Spain: (El Pais) Lesssnow. Arid climate to spread to much of Andalucia & Castilla-La Mancha. Reduction in water resources of 5%- 14% before 2030.

  3. Iberia most affectedby Climatechange http://www.iberianature.com%2Fmaterial%2Fspainclimates.html • Spain and Portugal will be most affected within the EU by coming climate change. • The temperature in Europe has increased 0.95 degrees over the last 100 years. • This increase has been greatest in the Iberian Peninsula and Western Russia.

  4. Thymus serpylloides Climatechangethreat to Sierra Nevada Flora 1 Sierra Nevada selected for worldclimatechangestudies ThePark’sObservatorio de Cambio Global, in Sierra Nevada,has been  selected by Unesco as one of ten sites in the world for its climate change studies. Temperatures are expected to rise by 2 degrees in the next 40 years with a fall in rainfall of 10%, reducing significantly the amount of snow with serious effects on the ski industry, irrigation and biodiversity. El País

  5. The Sierra Nevada is one the most vulnerable sites in Europe to climate change. Where is it?

  6. Why is Sierra Nevada so vulnerable to climate change?

  7. Because of its position EUROPE ATLANTIC MEDITERRANEAN AFRICA Between Europe and Africa.. And between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean

  8. Pyreneanglaciersmelting fast 2 The glaciers on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees are melting fast. Total surface area dropped from 1779 hectares in 1894 to 290 in 2000, representing a fall of 85% in of surface area. 52% of this occurred between 1980 and 2000 and 30% between 1991 and 2001.

  9. Just compare! Sameplace in: 1910 Perdido Mountain glacier in Huesca . and 2004 (Greenpeace)

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