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Learning outcome
Climate change
• Able to describe climates changes,
pollution and degradation of natural
resources.
• Able to relate the impacts of climatic
changes and pollution on agriculture.

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Dr. Lau Wei Hong

Global
warming

Impact of
climate
change

desertification

Air pollutants:
Carbon dioxide ↑
nitrous oxide ↑
methane ↑

Degrade ozone layer

Global warming

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Global
warming

Hurricane Bangkok flood 2011

Drought in China 2010

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Where to go?

Desertification
• Degradation of land in dry lands.
• Due to climate change & human activities.

Acid rain
Acid rain
• Any type of
precipitation with low
pH.

Impact
Heavy • Contains polluting
Nitrates of metals
gasses such as
pollution sulphur dioxide and
nitrogen oxides.

• Affects all kinds of

life forms and
Pesticides damages building
and historic
monuments.

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Heavy metals Pesticides

• Pollutants: zinc, copper and lead.

Eutrophication What have

we done to
the climate?

Save the world.

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SCL

Don’t play play Genetic resources in

Agriculture