Scientists Know
These atmospheric emissions are the primary driver of observed global warming.
What are greenhouse gases?
While extreme hot days are increasing across the U.S., this temperature condition is decreasing.
What are extreme cold days?
The single largest uncertainty in future climate projections is not the physics of models, but this human factor.
What is human behavior?
Adjusting infrastructure, agriculture, and communities to withstand climate changes that are already occurring is called this.
What is adaptation?
Per passenger-mile, this mode of travel produces the highest amount of greenhouse gas emissions compared to standard ground transportation options.
What is air travel?
Compared to the global average rate of warming, the rate of warming of the United States.
What is faster?
This specific nighttime trend is increasing across nearly the entire U.S., limiting critical cooling relief during heatwaves.
What are warm nights? (Nights over 70°F)
How quickly the world continues to warm in the coming decades depends solely on these.
Taking actions to actively cut, capture, or prevent greenhouse gas emissions is known as this.
What is mitigation?
Rotting in landfills, discarded items from this everyday category account for an estimated 8% to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
What is food waste?
Earth is currently this many degrees Fahrenheit warmer on average than in the late 1800s.
What is 2°F?
Observations show that severe storm patterns are shifting, causing this famous severe-weather region to move eastward.
What is Tornado Alley?
To stop global surface temperatures from rising, human greenhouse gas emissions must reach this point.
What is net zero?
Because carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for thousands of years, past human choices make some climate changes this. (Locked in)
What is inevitable?
Gram for gram, this livestock protein source generates the highest greenhouse gas emissions, largely due to methane produced during digestion.
What is beef?
Ocean Acidification is driven by seawater absorbing excess amounts of this.
What is CO2?
Over the past 30 years, the U.S. frequency of billion-dollar disasters jumped from 1 every 4 months to 1 every this many weeks.
What is 3 weeks?
Even if global warming stops at net zero, slow-moving systems like deep oceans and ice sheets ensure this impact will continue for centuries.
What is sea level rise?
When multiple extreme climate events occur simultaneously or back-to-back, scientists classify them as this type of event.
What are compound events?
Purchasing cheap, mass-produced clothing designed for quick turnover contributes to massive industrial emissions under this supply-chain trend.
What is fast fashion?