Are impacts the same as results?

Impacts/results of global warming

No, they're not exactly the same, but the difference my be a subtle one.

The result of warming is that things get warmer. The impact of warming

is the change that it brings in things that depend on temperature.

Results:

- - The average temperature of the air increases.

- - The average temperature of the oceans increases.

- - The polar ice caps partially or completely melt.

- - The mean sea level rises.

Impacts:

- - Deserts grow in area.

- - Plant and tree species spread farther away from the equator.

- - Some of today's prime farm land becomes barren.

- - The supply of fresh water on Earth is reduced.

- - The average energy in storms is increased.

- - Some of today's coastal land becomes gone.