Our Warming Planet
Our climate is changing, why aren't we?
Climate change includes both global warming and its impacts on Earth's weather patterns. There have been previous periods of climate change, but the current changes are distinctly rapid and are not due to natural causes. Instead, they are caused by the emission of greenhouse gases, mostly carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane. Burning fossil fuels for energy use creates most of these emissions. Agriculture, steelmaking, cement production, and forest loss are additional sources. On land, temperatures have risen about twice as fast as the global average. Deserts are expanding, while heat waves and wildfires are becoming more common. Increased warming in the Arctic has contributed to melting permafrost, glacial retreat and sea ice loss. Higher temperatures are also causing more intense storms and other weather extremes. In places such as coral reefs, mountains, and the Arctic, many species are forced to relocate or become extinct, as their environment changes. Climate change threatens people with food and water scarcity, increased flooding, extreme heat, more disease, and economic loss. It can also drive human migration. The World Health Organization calls climate change the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century Learn more on Wikepedia
We all need to take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions whether it be by living a more sustainable lifestyle, by going plant based, carpooling to work or school, taking a stand towards government climate inaction or voting for political leaders that will protect our beautiful planet by meeting the paris agreement goal by 2030 which could halt the drastic emperor penguin population decline.
If you want to organize or join a #FridaysForFuture strike near you, visit Greta Thunberg's website here
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