Impacts of Drought
- Created by: eviedeehan
- Created on: 08-03-24 19:40
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- impacts of drought
- ecosystem functioning - biological, chemical and physical processes that take place in an ecosystem
- ecosystem resilience - how capable an ecosystem is to surviving changing water levels
- rainforests
- prolonged periods of drought lead to stress - younger trees die as a result, reducing canopy cover
- less interception and infiltration and evapotranspiration
- prolonged periods of drought lead to stress - younger trees die as a result, reducing canopy cover
- forests
- dead vegetation and dry organic material can easily set alight
- lightning storms and high winds can turn a small fire into a wildfire
- Croatia suffered 2 months of no rainfall in 2017 - drought and wildfires
- Wetlands
- drought increases the likelihood of tree mortality
- less vegetation means less habitats - drought can eliminate species and impact food chain
- Suffolk - wetlands species such as snipe impacted by dry soil during a drought
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