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Climate changes
The term climate change refers to climate
change on a global scale or the Earth's
regional climates over time.
These variations concern changes in
temperature, precipitation, cloudiness,
and other climatic phenomena.
Droughts
Drought is a climatic phenomenon
caused by insufficient rainfall, or rainfall in
a given region over a very long period of
time.
Normally, the occurrence of drought
occurs when evapotranspiration exceeds
rainfall for a period of time.
Floods
A flood may be the result of the
concentration of excess rainwater that
can not be absorbed by already
saturated soil.
Deforestation
Deforestationis the process of complete
and permanent disappearance of forests,
currently caused largely by human
activities.
Endangered species
Anendangered species is a species that
runs a serious risk of extinction