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Metacognitive Reading Report

The document is a metacognitive reading report on an article about how climate change affects health. It outlines three difficult concepts covered in the article: 1) transition risks and opportunities from climate change, 2) the effect on mental health, and 3) direct and indirect effects. The report then discusses the learning insights, noting what the reader initially thought about various climate change impacts before and after reading the article, such as effects on ocean circulation, coral reefs, and glacial melting. It concludes with discussion questions about the effects on mental health, quantifying health impacts, and how global warming has already affected the world.

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Metacognitive Reading Report

The document is a metacognitive reading report on an article about how climate change affects health. It outlines three difficult concepts covered in the article: 1) transition risks and opportunities from climate change, 2) the effect on mental health, and 3) direct and indirect effects. The report then discusses the learning insights, noting what the reader initially thought about various climate change impacts before and after reading the article, such as effects on ocean circulation, coral reefs, and glacial melting. It concludes with discussion questions about the effects on mental health, quantifying health impacts, and how global warming has already affected the world.

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Metacognitive Reading Report

Instructions: Read Alastair Woodward’s How climate changes affects the building blocks for
health(conversation.com/how-climate-change-affects-the-building-locks-for-health-
862020). Then, accomplish the metacognitive reading report format below.

1. Difficult Concepts

a. The concept of transition Risks and Opportunities


b. The Effect of Climate change to people’s Mental Health
c. Direct and Indirect Effects of climate change

2. Learning Insights

a) Before reading the article, I thought that changes in ocean circulation and the
resulting warmer temperatures disrupt the world’s normal weather patterns, bringing about
more extreme weather and an increased frequency of severe and catastrophic storms, such as
hurricanes and typhoons. The increase in severe storms leads to a more frequent occurrence of
such things as “hundred-years floods,” decimation of habitats and property, not to mention,
loss of life—human and otherwise.
However, after reading the article, I now think/learned that the Arctic, Antarctic,
Siberia, and other frozen regions of the earth might experience more plant growth and milder
climates.

b) Before reading the article, I thought that the acidification of warming oceans leads to
a loss of coral reefs. Coral reefs protect shorelines from heavy waves, storms, and floods and
while they only cover about 0.1% of the ocean floor, reefs provide a habitat for 25% of the
ocean’s species. Demolished reefs lead to increased erosion and coastal property damage and
the extinction of species.
However, after reading the article, I now think/learned that the Northwest Passage
through the formerly icy Canadian Arctic Archipelago could arguably open up to transportation.

c) Before reading the article, I thought that warming ocean waters means increased
melting of glaciers and ice sheets. Smaller ice sheets form each subsequent winter, which has a
devastating impact on the habitat of cold-climate animals and the Earth’s reserves of
freshwater.
However, after reading the article, I now think/learned those longer growing seasons
could mean increased agricultural production in some areas.
3. Discussion Questions

a) How does Climate Change affect people’s mental health?


b) How Royal Society concludes that more research is needed to better quantify the health
impacts of climate change?
c) How has Global Warming affected the world so far?

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