A: Globally, up to 1 million species are at risk of extinction because of human activities, according to a United Nations report released in May. Many...
A: 1% of the world is already a barely livable hot zone. By 2020, that could rise to 19%. (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/23/magazine/climate-migration.html) Not only has the great...
A: Rapid population growth exacerbates vulnerability to the negative consequences of climate change, and exposes growing numbers of people to climate risk. Population growth is...
A: Human-made global warming creates conditions that increase the chances of extreme weather. In some ocean basins, the intensification of hurricanes over time has been...
A: Climate change is a pattern of change in average weather that's happening over many years, such as warming temperatures. With climate change, extreme heat...
A: As air temperatures rise, water temperatures do also—particularly in shallow stretches of rivers and surface waters of lakes. Streams and lakes may become unsuitable...
A: The same greenhouse gases causing climate change are also having disastrous effects on the ocean. Our oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide, rapidly causing them...
A: Floods are the most common (and amongst the most deadly) natural disasters in the United States. They have brought destruction to every state and nearly...
A: Across the United States , the risk of drought is expected to grow due to reduced precipitation and higher temperatures caused by climate change....
