Climate Change

There is an envelope of temperature and that human beings are comfortable living in.

What international treaty involved nations coming together to reduce greenhouse gases by about 5% below 1990 levels?

Climate change is impacting every ecosystem across the globe, from high mountains to the deep ocean.

How does the rapid rate of climate change affect species' ability to cope?

The Earth receives solar radiations in the form of light and heat energy, including visible, ultraviolet, and infrared waves.

What is the trend for global wheat and maize yields due to climate change?

Days over 125 degrees Fahrenheit are expected to remain virtually non-existent by 2053.

Some climate activists have urged the White House to declare a climate emergency to halt crude oil exports and limit drilling.

The government of Kiribati has purchased land in Fiji as a potential resettlement location for its residents due to rising sea levels.

The increased greenhouse gas emissions have led to a rise in global mean temperature of 1 degree Celsius.

Stormwater runoff in cities can carry into rivers and lakes.

What does the "polar bear lobby" represent in the context of skepticism about climate change?

The Earth's atmosphere is a thick, opaque layer that blocks all sunlight from reaching the surface.

When you're a billion year old planet like Earth, a few decades is nothing.

Cities by the sea are at the front line of climate change, being directly exposed to sea level rise and destruction of local .

Climate change acts like a stress in vulnerable regions.

Eat more locally grown and foods.

As seas get warmer, they add more water vapor and heat energy into the atmosphere, fueling hurricanes.

Cutting is the only long-term solution for avoiding climate impacts.

Climate change has consequences only for our oceans and weather, not for food sources or health.