Problem

Climate change and global warming is being caused by CO2 and other greenhouse gases that is being emitted by humans from factories, vehicles, etc. CO2 and other greenhouse gases are trapping all heat in the atmosphere. The heat is getting trapped due to the heat in radiation that tries to go back to outer space by reradiation getting absorbed by greenhouse gasses. This makes the Earth warmer since the CO2 is trapping the heat in the atmosphere. This not only makes things hotter, it changes the climate by the heat causing melting glaciers, stronger storms, and changes other things from Earth's air, land, and water.

Climate Connections

This is a chain of events that shows how the greenhouse gases trapping energy are affect our world.

Earth's climate is getting warmer so this is a result of snow and ice melting earlier in Spring. It also changes rain patterns. Sea level is also rising because of the warming climate. Also, the warming climate is doing bad things like drying up crops and making animals and humans sick. The heat is also destroying animal's habitat. This could make animals that can only survive on that habitat extinct.

Impact

Impact

Not only is climate change affecting the Earth's climate, it is also affecting animals and our environment. Climate change is affecting our health, plants, animals, ecosystems, coastal cities, coastal wetlands, coastal areas, recreation, agriculture, energy, water supplies and forest in many ways like creating fire to destroy things, heat affecting plants, making humans, and animals sick, and increasing the amount of flooding in coastal areas.

Research

On the Earth, thousands of measurements are taken. The measurements are taken by weather stations, airplanes, ships, and satellites. The measurements show that the climate is actually warming up. And that people emitting co2 are the cause of it. Also, the amount of CO2 is increasing. We can confirm the fact that carbon dioxide is in the air by these 11 things: Higher temperature and heat waves, warmer oceans, rising sea level, damaged coral, changes in plant's life cycle, more droughts and wildfires, thawing permafrost, less snow and ice, changing rain and snow patterns, changes in animal migration and life cycles, and stronger storms.