Home
Class 12
BIOLOGY
List the effects of global warming on pl...

List the effects of global warming on plants. Mention strategies to deal with the issue.

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

(i) Low agriculture productivity in tropics.
(ii) Increase of vectors and epidemics.
(iii) Frequent heat waves
(iv) Strong storms and intense flood damage.
(v) Water crisis and decreased irrigation.
(vi) Change in flowering seasons and pollinators.
(vii) Change in species distributional ranges.
(viii) Species extinction.
Strategies to deal with Global Warming:
(i) Increasing the vegetation cover, grow more trees.
(ii) Reducing the use of fossil fuels and green house gases.
(iii) Developing alternate renewable sources of energy.
(iv) Minimising uses of nitrogeneous fertilizers, and aerosols.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

    SURA PUBLICATION|Exercise Unit Test|14 Videos
  • ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

    SURA PUBLICATION|Exercise BOTANY LONG VERSION QUESTIONS ( FOR PURE SCIENCE GROUP)|6 Videos
  • ECOSYSTEM

    SURA PUBLICATION|Exercise Unit Test (IV. LONG ANSWER)|1 Videos
  • ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

    SURA PUBLICATION|Exercise Additional Question & Answers (Expand the abbreviation)|10 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Write the effects of global warming.

Which in not an effect of global warming on plants?

What is global warming?

Define global warming.

What are the adverse effects of global warming on plants?

List the effects of air pollution.

List the effects of alcohol during adolescence.