Storm-surges and flooding Cause could threaten entire cultures Patient . [ 13IPCCSTABILISATIONDESGAZ 0 TK MCLH 19/07/2012 ]

Rather paradoxically, scientists have now begun to speculate that global warming Cause could threaten the present course and intensity of the Gulf Stream Patient . [ ENCY 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

Loss of important habitats (wetlands, tundra, isolated habitats) Cause would threaten some species , including rare/endemic species and migratory birds Patient . [ 2IPCCBIODIVERSITE 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

In some scenarios, total tropospheric O3 Cause would become as important a radiative forcing agent as CH4 and, over much of the Northern Hemisphere, would threaten the attainment of current air quality targets Patient . [ GREENFACTS 0 TK MCLH 19/07/2012 ]

A warmingof 1° C Cause would threaten the survival of species that currently are growing near the upper limit of their temperature range Patient , notably in marginal alpine regions and in the southwest of Western Australia Location . [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

A sea-level riseof 1 m Cause would threaten certain coastal areas - for example, the Japanese coastal zone, on which 50 per cent of Japan 's industrial production is located (e.g., Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya); Patient in addition, about 90 per cent of the remaining sandy beaches in Japan would be in danger of disappearing. [ 7IPCCREGION 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

Lower water levels Cause would threaten shoreline wetlands that provide important fish habit Patient and result in degraded water quality. [ 5CANADAICC 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

Land degradation problems and limited water supplies Cause restrict present agricultural productivity and threaten the food security of some countries Patient . [ 7IPCCREGION 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

Reduced sea ice cover Cause will benefit some ocean species, such as whales, that need access to open water, but will threaten species such as seals and polar bears that rely on the presence of ice Patient . [ 5CANADAICC 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

Rising saltwater levels Cause could also Manner threaten freshwater supplies, drainage systems and sewage treatment systems Patient . [ 3CANADAENVIRON 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

For example, in Mpumalanga province of South Africa, expansion of commercial plantations (Eucalyptus sp. and pines) Cause has led to significant declines in several endemic and threatened species of grassland birds and entire suppression of ground flora Patient . [ 2IPCCBIODIVERSITE 0 TK MCLH 19/07/2012 ]

Canada 's temperate forests Patient could be threatened with increased fire risk as well as extended duration of the annual fire season due to drying mid-latitude climate Cause . [ 3CANADAENVIRON 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

Crop production and aquaculture Patient would be threatened by thermal and water stresses, sea-level rise, increased flooding, and strong winds associated with intense tropical cyclones Cause (high confidence). [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

In desert ecosystems, increased frequency of droughts may result in a decline in local forage around oases Cause , causing mass mortality among local fauna and threatening their existence Patient . [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

The coastal nations of west and central Africa (e.g., Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola) have low-lying lagoonal coasts that Patient are susceptible to erosion and hence are threatened by sea-level rise Cause , particularly because most of the countries in this area have major and rapidly expanding cities on the coast. [ 7IPCCREGION 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

Canada 's temperate forests Patient could be threatened with increased fire risk Cause as well as extended duration of the annual fire season due to drying mid-latitude climate. [ 5CANADAENVIRON 0 MCLH 25/03/2014 ]

Yet nearly half Europe 's bird species Patient are threatened by extinction or serious decline Cause . [ 1EUROPAENV 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

Protecting nature and biodiversity is important, not just because of the pleasure we can derive from our natural environment but, above all, because our food supplies Patient are threatened by desertification, and by the loss of plant and animal species and of genetic diversity Cause . [ 1EUROPAENV 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

Populations of many species Patient already Time are threatened and are expected to be placed at greater risk by the synergy between the stresses of changing climate, rendering portions of current habitat unsuitable, and land-use change that fragments habitats Cause . [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]

Northern Europe is likely to experience overall positive effects, whereas some agricultural production systemsin southern Europe Patient may be threatened (medium confidence; established but incomplete evidence). [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 TK 19/07/2012 ]