The effects of climate change on plants and animals are difficult to measure, but potentially dramatic. Many species inhabit precisely bounded ecological niches, and even small changes in climate may cause fundamental disruptions in habitat or food availability. read more
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Of all the effects of climate change the most obvious one has been global warming, the rise in average temperatures. The Earth's average surface temperature has increased significantly since the Industrial Revolution which has caused many other long-term changes to the climate.Allison, Ian. read more