Global Warming Map




The Global Warming Hotspots map from that web site is about local consequences in the world, Africa, Asia, North America, South America, and so on. It show in 2001.
In this map it talks about Fingerprints and Harbingers. Fingerprints is direct manifestations of a widespread and long-term trend toward warmer global temperatures.
It contact with
1.Heat waves and periods of unusually warm weather
2.Ocean warming, sea-level rise and coastal flooding
3.Glaciers melting
4.Arctic and Antarctic warming
(These "Fingerprints" of climate change are indicated with yellow icons.)
The other one Harbingers is events that foreshadow the types of impacts likely to become more frequent and widespread with continued warming. It contact with
1.Spreading disease
2.Earlier spring arrival
3.Plant and animal range shifts and population changes
4.Coral reef bleaching
5.Downpours, heavy snowfalls, and flooding
6.Droughts and fires
(These "Fingerprints" of climate change are indicated with red icons.)
http://www.climatehotmap.org/

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