Climate Change Interactive First Mammal Species Goes Extinct Due to Climate Change The humble Bramble Cay melomys has disappeared from its island in the Great Barrier Reef. Climate Change Making Calendars Run Amok People in Central Asia are recalibrating their system of time to adapt to a changing ecosystem. The Great Energy Challenge The National Geographic initiative is a call to action to become actively involved, to learn more and do more—to change how we think about and consume energy so that we can all help tackle the big energy questions. U.S.'s First Official Climate Refugees Race Against Time A Native American tribe struggles to hold on to their culture while their land slips into the Gulf of Mexico. Crocodiles and Palm Trees in the Arctic? The Arctic Is Melting.
WWF What is climate change? Global warming – doesn’t mean we’ll all just have warmer weather in future. As the planet heats, climate patterns change. It’ll mean more extreme and unpredictable weather across the world – many places will be hotter, some wetter, others drier. We know the planet has warmed by an average of nearly 1°C in the past century. That might not sound much, but on a global scale it’s a huge increase and it’s creating big problems for people and wildlife. What causes climate change? Burning fossil fuels Over the past 150 years, the world’s industrialised nations have changed the balance of the carbon cycle by burning huge amounts of fossil fuels (concentrated carbon such as coal, oil and gas) Breeding cattle and cutting down forests Industrialised nations have also breeding vast numbers of methane-producing livestock and cutting down the forests that naturally absorb carbon dioxide from the air. Trapped carbon dioxide Find out about the effects of climate change. Beyond 2°c:
Global Warming Map Watch 62 Years of Global Warming in 13 Seconds Don't Have Flash? Watch this video on your iPad or iPhone here From our friends at NASA comes this amazing 13-second animation that depicts how temperatures around the globe have warmed since 1950. You’ll note an acceleration of the temperature trend in the late 1970s as greenhouse gas emissions from energy production increased worldwide and clean air laws reduced emissions of pollutants that had a cooling effect on the climate, and thus were masking some of the global warming signal. The data come from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York (GISS), which monitors global surface temperatures. Top News Hurricane Sandy’s Untold Filthy Legacy: Sewage 11 Billion Gallons of Sandy Sewage Overflow (Full Report) Meet GROVER: NASA’s New Ice-Loving, Roving Robot! Related Content 131 Years of Global Warming in 26 Seconds 2012 Global Temps Rank in Top 10 Hottest on Record NOAA: 2012 Hottest and 2nd-Most Extreme Year On Record 5 Must-See Charts From Major New U.S.
International Polar Foundation Impacts of global warming - WWF-Australia Our climate is determined by patterns of temperature, wind, atmospheric pressure, humidity and rain over a long period of time. There are different climates around the world, such as tropical, dry and moderate. As a large country, Australia has a variety of climates. The climate of an area determines its seasons and when they come and go. As humans, every aspect of our life is reliant on the natural environment. A healthy and stable climate is our most precious natural resource. What changes to the climate are humans causing through global warming? Global warming, caused by greenhouse gas pollution, is causing immediate and direct changes to the planet. The Earth's temperature had already warmed by 1°C compared to pre-industrial levels. • Hotter days: 2015 was the hottest year on record, the previous record was broken in 2014, and 2016 is expected to set a new record for the third year in a row. • Oceans are warming and acidifying: How is global warming affecting life in Australia?
Global Issues Climate Change | Many Answers Climate change is a change in worldwide climate patterns, like the weather. It is a very important topic in current events because the world is seeing a very large change in climate due to global warming. Useful words and phrases Here are some words and phrases you might come across when researching this topic. Climate: Climate refers to the normal weather patterns of a place, such as average temperature, rainfall, wind etc. Climate change: The change in the normal weather patterns, which can mean warming, cooling, or other changes. Global warming: The long term rising of the earths temperature. Greenhouse effect: The warming of the earths surface and the air above it, caused by gases in the air that trap energy from the sun. Greenhouse gas: Is a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect, for example carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons. The ozone layer: The shrinking ozone later is an important part of the larger topic of global warming. A changing climate NASA's Climate Kids BBC News
Energy and Global Warming Find out about what causes global warming and how you can help © 2012 This website is produced by the Student Recruitment, Admissions and International Development Division at The University of Manchester Climate Change - United Nations Sustainable Development Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow. People are experiencing the significant impacts of climate change, which include changing weather patterns, rising sea level, and more extreme weather events. The greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are driving climate change and continue to rise. They are now at their highest levels in history. Affordable, scalable solutions are now available to enable countries to leapfrog to cleaner, more resilient economies. But climate change is a global challenge that does not respect national borders. To address climate change, countries adopted the Paris Agreement at the COP21 in Paris on 12 December 2015. See which countries have signed it and which ones have deposited their ratification instruments.
Bushfire Recovery: 09/02/2016, Behind the News Over the summer holidays, bushfires struck many communities around Australia. For the kids that live in those areas, recovering has been a long process. So we asked some of them to let us know how they were going in the lead-up to school going back. Rookie Reporter Kane has more. Hi, my name's Kane and this is a pretty exciting day for my family. We're getting these cool packs, and so are hundreds of other kids around here. A few months ago, a bushfire broke out in Pinery in South Australia, which is really close to Hamley Bridge where I live. When the fire started me and my friend we were looking on the computers looking where it was and everywhere. All up, the fire burnt 87 homes and around 300 farm sheds. Coming back into town there were some trees and some trees were black and then there were some houses burnt to the ground. But our area wasn't the only place in Australia to suffer from a big bushfire this summer. Over in Western Australia, the town of Yarloop was hit by a bushfire.
6 Worst Raging Fires and Explosive Volcanoes (Part 3 in an Exclusive 4 Part WebEcoist Series on Natural Disasters) The blast of heat from a volcano can be fierce enough to cause damage thousands of miles away; the hungry flames of a fire can destroy whole forests. While displays of fire and light in nature can be artistically breathtaking – from sundogs to lightning bolts to fire whirls – nature can also wield destructive, burning force. Fires Then and Now (Image via Top News) Nearly everyone has heard of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Australia (Images via Australia BOM, Gunghalin and NASA) In 2003 a wild fire roared to life and rapidly claimed a swath of land the size of Texas. 500 homes, thousands of livestock, and 4 people were lost to the fire. Portugal (Images via ArtSpirit and fire.uni) Global warming’s effect on weather patterns has also caused a deadly impact in Portugal. Indonesia (Images via Art Diamond, fire.uni and RSS) Indonesia has been plagued by horrific fires for over 15 years. Volcanic Explosions (Image via blogger) Mt.