Spotlight on Climate Change: Climate Change Migrants
To Lily and Julia
Table of Contents Chapter 1 LIVING IN A WARMER WORLD 4 Chapter 2 CHANGING CLIMATE CHANGING LIVES 12 Chapter 3 THE AGE OF CLIMATE MIGRATION 20 Chapter 4 FINDING SOLUTIONS 24 You Can Help 29 Glossary 30 Learn More 31 Index 32
Chapter 1 LIVING IN A WARMER WORLD Rising oceans Raging storms Scorching heat Climate change is happening and impacts millions of people all over the world As Earth warms and its climate keeps changing more people will be affected Certain areas of the world will become much harder to live in Millions of people will have to make a choice Will they stay where they are or seek a new life somewhere else 4
Past Present and Future Climate Change Scientists have collected data about Earth’s surface temperatures since 1880 This gives them over 140 years of information about climate to look at and study The data shows that the world is getting warmer and it is warming quickly Scientists study climate trends to predict if tornadoes and other weather extremes are more likely to occur in the future 5
