Climate Change Basics
You don’t need to read technical reports to understand how global warming and climate change work. Here’s a simplified, but accurate, description:
Using your bathtub as an illustration, these two graphics explain plainly the process of global warming and climate change – as well as the challenges we face in dealing with the extent of our CO2 pollution.
Climate change and global warming are often described in terms of a change in temperature and climate patterns on a global scale. But a more immediate indicator of climate change progression is the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, measured in parts per million or “ppm”.
Global warming/climate change is already creating serious problems for people and nature. This score card will show you the facts on climate change-driven changes affecting temperature, precipitation, snow pack, ocean rises, forest fires, and extreme weather events – all the cause of much human suffering, stress for ecosystems, and economic loss.
Listed here are major weather-related impacts, all affecting your lifestyle. Some are temporary; others are permanent.
