# 4 Effects on life

So far you have learned about the physical aspects of past climate change. For example, global mean surface temperature is rising, this is leading to the fact that rainfall is changing, sea level has been rising, and ice is being lost from the Arctic and Antarctic Ice sheets.

But what is the impact of climate change on ecosystems and humans?

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