Climate Science
Maximum warming above pre-industrial levels to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
What is 2 degrees Celsius?
The world will cross this threshold in 2024 for the first time in over 11,000 years
What is 1.5 degrees warming above pre-industrial temperature?
The number of new clean energy jobs the Inflation Reduction Act created since 2022.
What is 330,000?
Area experiencing highest rates of sea-level rise along the entire U.S. East Coast, second only to New Orleans, LA in population at risk from sea-level rise
What is Hampton Roads, Virginia?
In first 8 months of 2024, this State had 5,087 wildfires; 29 times more 2023, another record breaking year.
What is California?
Necessary global reductions in GHGs by 2032 to avoid crossing the 2.0 degree Celsius threshold.
What is 50%
Before 2024, what was the warmest year on record?
What is 2023?
World added ____% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022
What is 50%
Over the past 30 years in Richmond, the peak pollen count has increased by 35%, deeming Richmond the ____capital of the U.S.
What is asthma?
Across the globe, children born today will experience ___times more extreme weather events than their grandparents?
What is 7?
True or False: Since the 2016 Paris Accords, global crude oil production has decreased.
What is false?
The average home owners policy in Florida now costs over _____.
What is $10,000 a year
Percentage of Virginia legislators that accept contributions from Dominion Energy
What is two-thirds? (95 out of 140)
Between 2006-2017, reported cases of Lyme Disease in Virginia increased this much
4-fold (or 4 times)
Percentage of climate scientists with high levels of expertise that agree with the findings of the IPCC?
What is 100%%
The estimated cost of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina
What is $53 billion.
Number and percentage of cost-free school solar projects blocked by Dominion Energy since 2022
What is 102 and 100%
In terms of highest risk of exposure to air pollution from industry, Virginia ranked _____ in 2019
What is 8th (8 of 56)
Hurricane Maria destroyed 80% of this island's crops, 60% of its water access, and 99% of its power.
What is Puerto Rico?
Degrees of warming by 2100 if business as usual
What is 3 degrees Celsius?
In the past year, the percentage of new energy capacity from wind and solar
What is 91%
National Center for Science Education awarded Virginia this grade based on the way its science standards address climate change.
What is "F"
Percentage of communities suffering highest rates of industry-related cancer that are majority-minority.
What is 90%
Over the past 10 years, weather-related disasters have caused approximately _______ displacements per day.
What is 60,000 displacements per day?