In addition to the possible effects of global warming on biodiversity, plant growth, agricultural production, economic disruptions, and disease spread, there are other areas that science teaching and indeed other subject area teachers may want to have students investigate.

These areas could include:

1. energy use as the need for more air contitioning increases in some areas while winter heating could decrease
2. the need to provide for human migration from coastal and island areas as ocean levels rise
3. the changing rainfall and snowfall patterns effects on watershed and aquifer levels
4. ocean current shifts that could impact upon climates like Ireland and England
5. changes in fish migration affecting world fisheries
6. increased pressure to dam wild rivers as sources of non-carbon dioxide releasing energy sources
7. even changing vacation habits as ski areas become more remote while shore lines become closer.

Sources:

Global Warming Unchecked:  Signs To Watch For, Harold W. Bernard, 1993, Indiana University Press.

 
 
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