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Table 1
Climate change incidents during last few decades
Date/year
Incidents
Place
Effects
References
September 2018
Typhoon Mangkhut
Hongkong, Macau and
Southern China
5.7 million people had been
affected by the storm
Mullany et al. (2018). https://
www.nytimes.com/2018/09/
16/world/asia/typhoonmangkhut-china.html
Early May 2018
Dust storm
Northern India; Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, Telangana,
Uttarakhand, and Punjab
Over 120 people died and at least
300 people injured across several
States
Aggarwal (2018). https://
india.mongabay.com/2018/
increase-in-india-due-toclimate-change/;
Centre for Science and
Environment, New Delhi,
India
2016 and 2017
Mass coral bleaching
The Great Barrier Reef,
Australia
Half of the living corals have died
from bleaching
Moss and Morton (2018).
https://www.cntraveler.com/
before-theyre-lost-toclimate-change
Since last 5 years
Consecutive flood
Venice, Italy
Flooding in Piazza San Marco and
other parts of the low-lying city
Since 1966
39 different glaciers suffered
reduction in size (up to 85%)
Glacier National Park,
Montana
Alteration of entire ecosystems
will occur and little or no ice will
be left by the end of the century
No data available
The Dead Sea is shrinking at
a rate of around four feet a
year
The Dead Sea
Dead Sea could be completely
dried up by 2050
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