Climate change
Greenhouse gases that come from the combustion of fossil fuels are changing the Earth's climate. The world is warming, and there are many different phenomena that force the Earth's climate to become hotter or colder. While some of these are anthropogenic and some are natural, carbon dioxide released from pursuing energy services is by far the most important contributor.
The Energy Education team is hoping to write extensively about the interplay between energy use and climate change, but until those resources are developed, please peruse the following resources to learn about climate change:
- The IPCC has an excellent summary: IPCC FAQ
- The IPCC also has a more advanced write-up for policy makers: IPCC Summary for Policy Makers
- NASA has a nice explanation: NASA climate change and global warming
- The King's Centre for Visualizing Science has a project: Explaining climate change.
References
- ↑ While these data are from NASA, this image was downloaded from http://bgr.com/2014/01/29/global-warming-gif-video/ on September 4th, 2015.