Climate Facts
How many Olympic Swimming pools can hold 1.2 trillion tons of water?
1,360,544,217
What is Chronic Tidal Flooding?
What is extreme rainfall?
What is solar power?
A form of generating electricity using pv cells.
Who discovered the greenhouse effect?
Svante Arrhenius
What is the greenhouse effect?
When too much CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere creating a heat bubble around our earth.
How much could the sea level rise by 2100?
What is CO2?
Where can solar panels be placed?
Buildings, roofs, land, even water.
What makes weather less predictable?
What are fossil fuels?
Carbon compounds that are naturally formed in the earth.
How much have sea levels in NYC already risen since 1850?
18 inches!
What produces CO2?
1000
Who are the government officials that you can elect for climate change?
Kathy Hochul, Brad Lander, Jessica Ramos, Scott Stringer
How much ice has melted per since the 1990s?
1.2 trillion tons.
How many housing units will be impacted by flooding in Jamacia Bay?
86,000!
Name some NYC neighborhoods that are affected by rainfall.
Southern Brooklyn and Queens
What is a form of green infrastructure?
Green roofs, rain gardens, green spaces.
Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Oslo.
How much has the temperature risen due to greenhouse gases?
2.2 Degrees
What is coastal surge flooding?
A type of flooding where large amounts of water come onto land.
Yes
How many buildings can 1000 megawatts power?
250,000 homes
Do you emit greenhouse gases?
Absolutely.