The City of Port Townsend, Washington tourism guide. Learn about things to do when visiting and the history of Port Townsend with our guide of the city and surrounding area.
Learn more about how climate change will affect people and the environment in the following ways: 1  Agriculture. 2  Energy. 3  Water Supplies. 4  Health. 5  Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems. 6  Forests. 7  Recreation.
The essence of this principle is that life affects the climate system and in turn, the climate dictates where and how species can survive. Life affects the composition of the atmosphere and therefore the climate because different life forms take in and release gases like carbon dioxide, methane and oxygen at different rates.