Climate change in Norway

Climate change in Norway

How does it affect Norway?

Where else is this happening?

How does it affect the region?

What is being done to help?

Sources

What is the global effect?

How does it affect norway

As a result of climage change, reindeer feeding patterns are being affected, as the more temperate plants that they rely on to feed struggle in these higher temperatures. This not only affects the reindeer, but the herders who rely on pastorialism for income. On top of this, the increase in temperatures has an affect on forests, as they cannot recover from wildfires or insect outbreaks fast enough. Despite the higher CO2 levels caused by climate change, the increased recovery rate is not offset by higher intensity disasters.

What is thr global effect?

Norway is home to many glaciers. As a result, climate change is causing many of them to recede. This not only contributes to rising sea levels, but also causes the release of methane that is stored underground and within glaciers. The glaciers in Svalbard alone account for methane emisions equivalent to 8% of Norways total methane emissions. This release of methane further exacerbates the greenhouse effect and leads to further temperature rises.

How does it affect the region

As a result of climate change, the region will experience rapid deforestation, as the forests will not be able to recover fast enough from wildfires, insect infestations, or human activity such as forestry. Reigndeers, which are famous for being native to Norway and the surrounding scandanavia, will experience is a drop in numbers, as the vegetation they rely on for grazing struggles to cope with increasing temperatures.

What is being done to help?

In Norway, there is a drive in the forestry industry to begin increasing "green emissions. As much of the world runs on oil, many of the worlds products also rely on oil and petroleum for the manufacturing of goods. To remedy this, Norway is trying to replace petroleum, which is derived from oil, with wood. In doing so, they replace a material made from fossils fuels with a materials that burns clean, and is a renewable resource.

Where else is this happening?

A similar situation is occuring in Tibet, where herders livelihoods and very way of life are threatened as a result of vegetation struggling to cope with increase tempetatures. This struggle not only deprives them of the income they need to survive, but these pastorialists also depend on the animals to survive themselves.

Sources

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