Question: What are the effects that IPCC has predicted regarding global warming?
I. Earth’s temperature will rise by 1-30°C in next few decades, leading to extreme weather changes (heat waves, hurricanes and severe winters), changes in ocean currents and marine life. II. If concentration doubles. Earth’s temperature may rise by . III. The biggest glacier in the Peruvian Andes was retreating by 5 meters per year some 20 years ago; today it is shrinking by 33 meters per year. IV. The Arctic Sea ice has thinned by 40% in the last two decades, while Mount Everest is losing height at the rate of 1.5 meters per year.
Options:
A) Only I
B) I & II
C) Only III
D) All the above
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
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