HOW OUR CLIMATE is CHANGING
Climate change is described as a large-scale and long-term shift in Earth’s climatic patterns and average temperatures. These shifts have been exacerbated by human activity. For example, greenhouse gas emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) reached record highs of 417 parts per million in May 2020. CO2 naturally soaks up infrared radiation from the Sun and distributes the heat it produces across Earth, acting like a big blanket. This results in the rise of global temperatures, causing widespread alterations in Earth’s climate. Since 1880, Earth’s combined land and ocean temperature has increased by an average rate of 0.08 degrees Celsius each decade.
As a result, countless aspects of our environment and ecosystems are altering. From record-breaking forest fires to unprecedented
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