Global Warming

Definition - a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, CFCs, and other pollutants.

Effects on the environment

Habitat destruction

Ecosystem collapse

Arctic, Great Barrier Reef

Intensification of extreme weather events

Biodiversity loss, species extinction

Heat waves, hurricanes, floods, droughts, wildfires

Glacial retreat, ice sheet melt

Freshwater loss and desertification

Sea level rise and coastal submersion

Coral bleaching, fish stock decline

Effects on humans

Human migration and conflict

Flooding of cities and farmland

Crop failure and farmland loss

Direct physical harm to humans

Disease carrier and pest propagation

Causes

Agriculture

Fossil fuel combination

Ocean acidification

Greenhouse gases

Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrus oxide, water vapor

Deforestation

News Stories

Ice loss from Antartica and Greenland account for roughly a half-inch of sea level rise between 2003 and 2019

Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, scientists have made precise, detailed measurements of how the elevation of the Green-land and Antarctic ice sheets have changed over 16 years.