What is our greatest threat in thousands of years?
climate change
How do we see climate change affecting the globe?
flooding high sea levels crazy storms
What is needed to change history?
people polluting the atmosphere with fire fuels and other poullutants
Is climate change a man made disaster?
yes because so many fossil fuels
Dramatic action must be made in the next __ years to change it?
10 years
Why is our climate changing?
because overusing fossil fuels
What is causing the warming trend of the climate?
burning off fuels
What is the main problem?
increasing heat
What are examples of these?
creatures die and habitats are destroyed
Burning fossil fuels releases what gas?
carbon dioxide
How much hotter now is our world?
1deg c warmer overall
What do we call this global warming?
climate change
How is this affecting creatures / animals like bats?
they die in the heat
What percentage of species are near extinction?
8%
How could this effect the world ecosystems?
food chains would die off people and animals could starve
What global change was seen and recording breaking last year?
fire burning out of control
How is climate change affecting our weather systems?
1. more storm
2.more flooding
3. ice melts
What is another effect of climate change?
Seas rise
What will happen if the ice melts in Antarctica and the Arctic?
Land will be lost
How does this affect people?
They lose their houses and livelihoods
What other things affect oceans change?
oil
spills and plastic pollution
What does too much heat do to the coral?
it dies
Why did some industries not want to stop burning fossil fuels?
They want to keep making money