by Our Global Climate Team | Oct 2, 2018 | Climate Action, Climate Action Plan
Climate change is getting worse by the year. Over the past 50 years, there has been an increase in forest fires, droughts, and some regions are experiencing some of the warmest temperatures on Earth in the past 11,000 years.Global warming is a large component to...
by Our Global Climate Team | Jul 23, 2018 | Impacts
Precipitation has a lot to do with how our natural systems and water cycle operate.But what is precipitation?Precipitation is water that has been released from clouds in either the form of rain, freezing rain, snow, sleet or hail. Precipitation is the main connection...
by Our Global Climate Team | Jul 9, 2018 | What is Global Climate Change?
For the skeptical minds that say climate change is not real, there have been large amounts of accumulated information over the past few years that may be surprising to discover.Two new studies in particular which were published in 2017 have helped resolve climate...
by Our Global Climate Team | Jul 5, 2018 | Impacts
Polar Bears are the face for climate change impacts on today’s species – and for good reason. Global warming has caused the most devastating effects in the Arctic so far, and the trend has only just begun. While polar bears have some capacity to adapt to the...
by Our Global Climate Team | Jun 28, 2018 | What is Global Climate Change?
One of the natural consequences of a warming planet is sea rise. This is because, according to basic physics, once water warms, it expands. When ice sheets and glaciers are exposed to this heat, it melts which also contributes to the rising oceans. For thousands of...
by Our Global Climate Team | Jun 21, 2018 | What is Global Climate Change?
Over the past 650,000 years, the Earth’s climate has changed dramatically. On average, there have been seven cycles of glacial changes, ending with the ice age 7,000 years ago. This not only brought on the modern climate era, but the beginning of human...
