Enviromental Changes in New Zealand

Climate and environmental changes are everywhere! 

In New Zealand, there are many different predictions including:

•  the temperature is expected to continue to rise

•  strong winds will increase

•  not lots of rain throughout the east coast

•  East Cape and Northland will have more droughts

•  more rain throughout the western coast

•  storms may become more intense

• areas throughout the west coast will have more floods

My thoughts after reading all the different predictions are:

•  some parts will have more droughts becasue the rain will not be as frequent in that area but will move to different areas of the island so other parts will have an increase in rain and a higher possibilty of floods

•  sea levels will continue to rise, not substantial but they will still rise

•  storms will be more intense becasue of the change in winds, rainfall, and weather patterns

•  all the enviromental changes will cause new zealand to be an entire different in the future

• eventually, after a long period of tim, i believe that the island of New Zealand will be completly under water

This pictures shows how the climate changes will not only affect the island, but also the marine life and ecosystems. If the global warming and the earth continues to expand, the coral reefs and all the species in them will continue to die off and eventually become extinct.