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Climate Change

Climate change is an ongoing and serious threat to life on Earth, characterized by rising global temperatures and severe environmental impacts such as extreme weather and declining biodiversity. Human activities, particularly the emission of greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide, are the primary causes of climate change. Solutions include using public transportation, practicing the 3 'R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), and making energy-efficient changes at home, emphasizing the need for collective action to address this urgent issue.

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Climate Change

Climate change is an ongoing and serious threat to life on Earth, characterized by rising global temperatures and severe environmental impacts such as extreme weather and declining biodiversity. Human activities, particularly the emission of greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide, are the primary causes of climate change. Solutions include using public transportation, practicing the 3 'R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), and making energy-efficient changes at home, emphasizing the need for collective action to address this urgent issue.

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Climate Change

“Global warming isn’t a prediction. It is happening.” -


James Hansen

Climate change is happening now, and it’s the most serious threat
to life on our planet. This has an increasingly large impact on the
environment. Climate change describes global warming, the
ongoing increase in global average temperature and its effects on
Earth's climate system. To gain a better understanding, let's
analyze the definition, causes, solutions and also other things to
obtain a deeper knowledge.
Climate change refers to a long-term shifts in temperatures and
weather patterns.
Methane and carbon dioxide are the two main greenhouse gases
responsible for it. These result from human activities that are
changing the climate and temperature of the planet, such as
burning fossil fuels, cutting down trees, polluting the
environment, and many more. The impacts of climate change
include warming temperatures, severe fires, flooding, melting
polar ice, extreme weather events, rising sea levels and declining
biodiversity. These impacts threaten our health by affecting the
food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the
weather we experience.

Many climate change impacts have been felt in recent years, with
2023 the warmest record at +1.48 °C (2.66 °F) since regular
tracking began in 1850. Climate change is already an urgent
threat to millions of lives but there are simple solutions you can
do to help. Use public transportation, bike, or stroll. There are a
lot of vehicles on the road today, most of them using gasoline or
diesel. In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, walking
and bicycling improve your fitness and overall health. The 3 'R's
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle are all about reducing the amount of
waste we produce, reusing products as much as we can, and
remembering to recycle any materials that can be used for a new
purpose. Save energy at home make simple changes by turning
off the lights and appliances when you don’t need them. Replace
light bulbs with LEDs or other low-energy lights.

We must work together. It's natural to feel overwhelmed and that


there are too many problems to handle with climate change.
However, the solutions are already here, the only thing that needs
to happen is to put them into action.

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