You’ve seen it in the news, heard it on the radio, maybe you even heard about it on TikTok but are you sure you truly know what climate change is? Today’s episode will explain how a sudden increase in greenhouse gases has resulted in a warming planet that could prove deadly to millions. ClimateScience is a registered charity in the UK led by over 150 young enthusiastic volunteers. Our mission is to make real, long-term climate solutions actionable. DISCUSSIONS & SOCIAL MEDIA ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Website: https://climatescience.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climate_science/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Climate_Sci Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClimateScienceEducation/ Olympiad: https://climatescience.org/olympiad/ OUR ANIMATION ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Original Animation produced by Bruna Hernandes using After Effects OUR SCRIPT ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Our scripts are created by ClimateScience’s science writing team (https://climate-science.com/about/) OUR VOICE ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ The ClimateScience voice is JP Arellano using a Yeti BLUE microphone OUR MUSIC ♬♪ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Original soundtrack composed by Mackenzie Boys-Eddy using Logic ProX SOURCES: ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ “This atmosphere acts like a barrier that protects us from harmful radiation from the sun.”: http://gsp.humboldt.edu/OLM/Courses/GSP_216_Online/lesson2-1/atmosphere.html “The atmosphere also helps keep the earth warm enough to support life. This happens because some of the gases in our atmosphere like carbon dioxide and methane are able to trap heat from the sun.”: https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/19/what-is-the-greenhouse-effect/ “Without any greenhouse gases our earth would be cold and deserted like mars but too much of it would make our planet hot and lifeless like venus. We need just the right amount to have a climate like that on Earth.” https://www.nrdc.org/stories/greenhouse-effect-101 & https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/19/what-is-the-greenhouse-effect/ “As a matter of fact, CO2 , the greenhouse gas responsible for about 80% of global temperature rise”: https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/greenhouse-gas-concentrations-atmosphere-reach-yet-another-high “only makes up around 0.03% of our atmosphere!”: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/earthfact.html “Unfortunately many of our factories, cars, power plants and the way we make our food emit plenty of greenhouse gases when they burn fossil fuels like coal and oil. This adds more co2 to the atmosphere, thereby making our planet hotter!”: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide “We used to be in an ice age not long ago.”: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/325/5941/710.abstract?casa_token=NlnteMXszYAAAAAA:ZUsj4qbat_jHaDB24XoYz3PwwozeseAliUMJ5fFTU86UyVzra_pilZGztz2AKS0Ju6_OQfIMwwA3XbQ “The difference this time is the rate at which the earth is warming. The planet is warming much faster than it is used to! Global air temperatures have gone up by about 1 degree since the industrial revolution.”: https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/#:~:text=Global%20Temperature%20Rise,made%20emissions%20into%20the%20atmosphere. “Two thirds of this rise in temperature has happened since 1975.”: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/global-temperatures “In the past it’s taken the planet about 5,000 years to warm 5 degrees. We’re expected to go 20 times faster than that this century!”: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/GlobalWarming/page3.php#:~:text=Models%20predict%20that%20Earth%20will,at%20least%2020%20times%20faster. “rising temperatures result in higher sea levels as hotter water expands and melting ice flows into the seas. A warmer climate will also lead to more extreme weather events such as intense hurricanes and longer droughts.“: https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/

• published: 29 Dec 2020
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