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3 giorni fa · Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an overall warming trend, changes to precipitation patterns, and more extreme weather.
- Politics of climate change
The politics of climate change results from different...
- Climate change in Africa
Climate change in Africa. Graph showing temperature change...
- Politics of climate change
2 giorni fa · The politics of climate change results from different perspectives on how to respond to climate change. Global warming is driven largely by the emissions of greenhouse gases due to human economic activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels, certain industries like cement and steel production, and land use for agriculture and ...
3 giorni fa · Climate change in Africa. Graph showing temperature change in Africa between 1901 and 2021, with red colour being warmer and blue being colder than average (the average temperature during 1971–2000 is taken as the reference point for these changes). Climate change in Africa is an increasingly serious threat as Africa is among the ...
2 giorni fa · This article provides an overview of the scientific background related to the subject of global warming. It considers the causes of rising near-surface air temperatures, the influencing factors, the process of climate research and forecasting, and the possible ecological and social impacts of rising temperatures.
- Human activity affects global surface temperatures by changing Earth’s radiative balance—the “give and take” between what comes in during the day a...
- Global warming, the phenomenon of increasing average air temperatures near Earth’s surface over the past one to two centuries, happens mostly in th...
- Continued global warming is expected to impact everything from energy use to water availability to crop productivity throughout the world. Poor cou...
- Polar bears live in the Arctic, where they use the region’s ice floes as they hunt seals and other marine mammals. Temperature increases related to...
3 giorni fa · The Power of Collective Action. Our environmental legacy is a testament to the power of collective action, and it calls upon individuals, businesses, governments, and the private sector to join hands in safeguarding our planet.
3 giorni fa · Climate stripes, any graphical representation of historical temperature data that appears as a series of colored vertical stripes. Ordered chronologically, the series can be used to represent changes in an area’s average temperature over time.