Global Warming Current Impacts
This page contains references for probable global warming impacts that have already been observed. The goal is to provide a repository of quality links for anyone looking to see how global warming is already impacting the world. These are less direct than other evidence for global warming, and a separate, similar page for more direct evidence can be found here
DARA | Global warming was killing ~400,000 people per year and costing ~1% of global GDP by 2010. |
Berkeley study | Global warming led to an estimated 60,000 additional suicides among Indian farmers over a 30 year period. |
Guardian (citing IOM) | There is already a climate change refugee crisis in Bangladesh. |
Center for Climate and Security | Climate change probably contributed to the Arab spring. |
Columbia University study | Climate change probably contributed to the Syrian civial war and subsequent refugee crisis. |
UC Irvine study | Global warming is leading to more heat wave deaths. |
World Resources Institute | Nice summary of the issues Miami is having |
NOAA | Sea level rise is already leading to increased flooding |
NRDC | Reduced snow cover is already hurting the ski industry |
Various | Global warming is already impacting yields of some crops |
2014 National Climate Assessment (US) | Nice summary overall; linked section provides a nice summary of the relationship between recent heat waves and global warming |
Department of Defense (US) | Nice summary of current global warming impacts from the military's point of view |
Reuters | Article summarizing some current impacts of sea level rise |
University of Arizona Study | Global warming is already negatively impacting weather in the US southwest |
Brown Study | A 1 degree rise in temperature yields a ~10% loss in soy and corn production |