20035.64 CO2 / 1,000,000,000 CO2
20035.64 CO2 / 1,000,000,000 CO2
Earth’s climate has always been in a state of constant change, with periodic fluctuations of global temperatures and geo-zones.
However, the current period of change that we are experiencing today is occurring more rapidly than any past events in geological history. It is evident by the observation of concrete evidence that humanity is responsible for the majority of the last century’s warming by our excessive release of heat-trapping gasses – also known as greenhouse gases.
Greenhouse gases are produced to power our modern lives, through burning fossil fuels, agriculture and land-use – which ultimately drives climate change. We are now seeing record-level greenhouse gas levels in the last 800,000 years. This sudden rise is a significant problem because the climate is now changing faster than living beings are able to adapt for.
We are already beginning to see the growing consequences of climate change in the form of:
The planet average surface temperature has risen by 1 °C only since the late 19th century. Most of the warming occurred in the last 40 years.
Most of the planet's heat energy is stored inside our oceans. Since 1969, the ocean as a whole has showed a warming of 0.33°C .
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have decreased in mass, losing an average of 279 billion tons and 148 billion tons per year respectively since 1993.
Glaciers are retreating almost everywhere around the world — including in the Alps, Himalayas, Andes, Rockies, Alaska, and Africa.
Satellite observations reveal that the amount of spring snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere has decreased significantly over the past five decades.
Global sea level rose about 8 inches (20 centimeters) in the last century. The rate in the last two decades, however, is nearly double that of the last century and accelerating slightly every year.
The number of record high temperature events around the world has been increasing, while the number of record low temperature events has been decreasing, since 1950.
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the acidity of surface ocean waters has increased by about 30%. This affects not only sealife, but also oceanic currents that controls much of global weather.
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