Global climate change The effects of human-caused global warming are happening now, they will be irreversible on the timescale of people living today and will worsen over the next few decades. Scientists are very confident that global temperatures will continue to rise in the coming decades, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. The IPCC predicts a temperature rise of between 2.5 and 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century. Some long-term effects of global climate change will be : · Temperatures will continue to rise. The temperature rise has not been, and won’t be, uniform or even across the country or over time. · Precipitation Patterns Will Change · There will be more droughts and heat waves · The Arctic won't have more ice · ...