Greenhouse Gases
The most abundant of man-made greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
Carbon Dioxide
A natural disaster that is now getting stronger and wetter due to warmer ocean temperatures
Hurricane
The process of converting waste into reusable material
A greenhouse gas released by cattle and landfills that is over 80x more potent than Carbon Dioxide
Methane
The U.S. State that experiences more hurricanes than any other
Florida
A 2015 international agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius
Paris Agreement
The country with the highest total carbon emissions currently
China
The high-altitude climate phenomenon that keeps cold air trapped at the poles, now being destabilized by human accelerated climate change
The polar vortex
Currently the cheapest source of electricity
Solar energy
Approximately how long it has been since carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were as high as they are now
~3 million years
The increase in global temperature compared to the pre-industrial average due to human accelerated climate change
~1.1-1.3
The process used in nuclear power plants to generate energy by the splitting of heavy atomic nuclei
Nuclear Fission
The most potent man-made greenhouse gas
Sulfur Hexafluoride
As of 2014, the percentage of the U.S. population living in coastal counties
~40%
The percentage of plastic waste generated globally that scientists estimate is recycled
9%