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Table 1
(continued)
Date/year
Incidents
Place
Effects
References
No data available
Extreme droughts
The Amazon
Tree species throughout the
tropical jungle parched, frequent
forest fires. If the situation lasts
longer than 5–7 months then most
of the tree species will die and the
present situation is alarming
Winter of 2013
Unusual warm temperatures
brought rain to the peninsula
which then froze and covered
the pastured in a thick layer
of ice
Yamal Peninsula, Russia
The reindeer, habitant of this place
are not able to dig through the ice
to find food, resulting in tens of
thousands of the animals starving
to death. In future they will suffer
extinction
NA
Sea level rise
The Maldives
People have forced migrated to
new places and within a few years
the country may also vanish
entirely
2017
Hurricane Irma; continual
flooding
Key West, Florida
The sea level will rise 15 inches
over the next 30-odd years
NA
Inhospitable environment for
grapevines
The Rhône Valley, France
(the most vaunted
winemaking regions in the
world)
Production will be suffered and
(predicting an 85% decrease) and
winemakers will be forced to
relocate to cooler places in
Northern Europe
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