Bangladesh - a low lying country threatened by rising sea levels, methane - a very powerful greenhouse gas, CH4 - methane, CO2 - carbon dioxide, greenhouse effect - atmospheric warming due to gases such as CO2 and Methane, Antarctica - continent covered by ice sheets, Greenland - large island covered by ice sheets, deforestation - cutting down trees, desertification - productive land being lost to desert, Sahel - region in Africa suffering from desertification, Mali - a country within the Sahel, Hydro electric power - a form of renewable energy, coal, oil, peat, natural gas - fossil fuels, drought - unusually long period without rain, forest fires - they're common in Australia, California, Greece, Portugal during the summer, hurricanes - powerful Atlantic storms, typhoons - powerful storms in Asia, flooding - becoming more common during Irish winters, North Atlantic Drift - largest influence on Ireland's climate, Cool Temperate Oceanic - Ireland's climate, carbon taxes - a way of discouraging fossil fuel usage by making them dearer, malaria - tropical disease spread by mosquitoes, heatstroke - illness caused by very high temperatures, heatwave - long period of very high temperatures, air conditioning - this is needed during heatwaves, acid rain - sulphur dioxide causes this, sulphur dioxide - gas released when coal is burned (apart from CO2), Amazon - huge rainforest, public transport - effective way of reducing transport emissions, ocean acidification - problem caused by oceans absorbing more CO2,

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