Climate change describes the change in earth’s climate through natural or human causes, this includes the effects of global warming on the climate.
Below you will find all the basic climate change facts, no matter what the political weather.
Cows are on of the top emitters of greenhouse gases. A single cow on average release between 70 and 120 kg of methane (a greenhouse gas) per year. Meanwhile, there are roughly 1 – 1.5 billion cows on earth as of 2018.
Proof-of-work mining (the type of mining used for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies) has some negative environmental impacts… as do the systems behind most other mediums of exchange.
Water is continuously mixed and recycled, so the odds are in favor of us sharing at least some molecules of it with Socrates, Jesus, Buddha, or anyone from past eras.
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, and thus receives the most direct heat. However, Venus is hotter, as Mercury doesn’t have an atmosphere thick enough to trap and hold heat.
There is no visible “plastic island,” or “garbage patch” in the ocean. Instead, large low-density patches of plastic particles are caught in the ocean’s major gyres below the water’s surface.
Both animal-derived and plant-derived food production has consequences, but meat production is worse for the environment in most cases.
Data shows that the polar ice caps are melting due to natural and human factors.
Global warming describes an increase in the Earth’s average temperature, climate change describes all changes to climate, including global warming and it’s effects.
Humans impact climate change. Since the industrial revolution the burning of oil, coal, and gas has had an increasing effect on climate.
To understand the climate change debate, it is important to clarify some confusion regarding climate change denial and skepticism.
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