AICE Environmental Case Studies Practice Exam

Climate change affects the environment in ways that show up as clear, broad trends: warming temperatures cause sea levels to rise and ice caps to melt, and hotter or more extreme weather can damage crops. Increased rainfall, however, isn't a universal or consistent effect; precipitation patterns become more variable and regionally uneven, so some areas may see more rain while others become drier. Because of that variability, “increased rainfall” isn’t listed alongside rising sea level, melting ice, and crop destruction as a straightforward global effect.