Japan

Climate change in japan

The cherry blossom trees' flower blossoming time has been reocorded in japan for many years.

CItations:Richard B. Primack, Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Abraham J. Miller-Rushing, The impact of climate change on cherry trees and other species in Japan, Biological Conservation,Volume 142, Issue 9,2009,Pages 1943-1949,ISSN 0006-3207,Schaefer, D. and Domroes, M.: Recent climate change in Japan – spatial and temporal characteristics of trends of temperature, Clim. Past, 5, 13–19, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-5-13-2009, 2009.

Due to these hot enviornments, insects such like mosquitos are able to spread illnesses across japan.

DUE TO JAPAN HAVING A VERY WIDE LATITUDINAL RANGE, WE ARE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH CLIMATE CHANGE HAs affected japan.

Recently, there have been intense heatwaves and floods in japan. in 2018 there was a downpour that causes over 200 million people to lose their homes

Rice, being one of Japan's biggest exports can be affected by this due to the hot temperatures not affecting the quantity, but the quality of the rice. making it more fragile and less nutritious.

Similar effects in other regions include the rest of southeast asia and parts of north and central america. there have been recent out breaks of malaria - a disease caused by mosquitios - in noth america due to the rising temperatures. to help combat these issues, people can learn to emit less chemicals in the enviornment and strive to get energy from natural resources.