IGCSE Geography / Fragile environments and climate change

The enhanced greenhouse effect

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 7: Fragile environments and climate change, specification point 7.1c, 7.S4. Part of the full course.

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The natural greenhouse effect keeps Earth warm enough for life. Human activities add greenhouse gases, making the effect stronger and causing global warming.

More lessons in Fragile environments and climate change

• Fragile environments
• What causes desertification
• Case study: desertification of the Sahel
• What causes deforestation
• Natural causes of climate change
• The impacts of desertification
• The impacts of deforestation
• How climate change is damaging fragile environments
• How climate change is affecting people
• Technology and water in drylands
• Managing rainforests sustainably
• Case study: conserving Brazil's rainforest
• Responding to climate change
• Case study: the UK's response to climate change
• Case study: China's response to climate change
• Case study: the Solomon Islands and rising seas