{"id":2025,"date":"2020-10-19T16:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=2025"},"modified":"2020-10-20T00:38:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T00:38:06","slug":"climate-change-factsheet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/climate-change-factsheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate change factsheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2025\" class=\"elementor elementor-2025\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-111fa8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"111fa8d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2048 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/introduction-to-climate-change\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Introduction to climate change<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2047 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/climate-change-terminology\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Climate change terminology<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2046 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-greenhouse-effect\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The greenhouse effect<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2045 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-causes-climate-change\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What causes climate change<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2044 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-climate-change\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of climate change<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2043 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/climate-change-factsheet\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Climate change factsheet<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Interesting facts on climate change<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0a03fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0a03fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Rising global temperatures<br><\/b><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">A rising trend in global temperatures has been seen after analyzing data for the last century. Scientists are aware that the difference in temperatures around the world is wide apart but, after taking readings at specific locations over a long period, it is observed that more places are warming up than cooling down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">From 1900-2009, global average surface temperatures rose by approximately 0.7\u00b0C (1.3\u00b0F). It has also been noticed that the rate of increase has risen in recent times.<br><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><i>Source: Climate Change: Global Temperature, by LuAnn Dahlman, August 30, 2009<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Carbon Dioxide<\/b><br><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Humans burning coal, natural gas, and oils for manufacturing and transportation since the industrial revolution has produced and released massive carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To put this in perspective, about 38% more has been released into the atmosphere, a value higher than has been measured for over 800,000 years. And yes, the amounts we release are still rising year after year. <i>Source: Report by Caitlyn Kennedy, August 30, 2009, Climate Change: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Ocean acidification<\/b><br><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">The acidity of the earth&#8217;s oceans is known to have increased by about 30%. That is a result of more CO2 emitted since the Industrial Revolution, being absorbed by the oceans. CO2 absorbed by the upper layer of the oceans is increasing by about 2 billion tons per year. <br><i>Source: PMEL Carbon Program, Ocean Acidification.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Melting Glaciers<\/b><br><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Glaciers are massive amounts of snow that have stayed long enough to harden into blocks of ice. Smaller blocks could be the size of a football field, and larger ones could be hundreds of kilometers long. Glaciers can move like rivers too. On average, glaciers are losing ice at a rate of about 28 inches of water per year. Scientists revealed that even though only a small fraction of glaciers have been monitored since 1980, the trend is one that we need to be aware of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Which regions of the world are producing more?<\/b><br><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">In December 2014, Nasa&#8217;s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) released its first map of the Earth&#8217;s surface where carbon dioxide is being emitted and absorbed. Even though the mission is in its early stages, the data will help scientists to better understand how human activities affect climate.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><i>Source: NASA http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/jpl\/oco2\/nasas-spaceborne-carbon-counter-maps-new-details\/index.html#.VJOTVsAClA<\/i><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f5d3dd\" data-id=\"9f5d3dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc6ba3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"fc6ba3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc268d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc268d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7260488\" data-id=\"7260488\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80d8367 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"80d8367\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-climate-change\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">GO BACK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-85a472e\" data-id=\"85a472e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5db112b elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5db112b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-can-i-do\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">NEXT PAGE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate Change Introduction to climate change Climate change terminology The greenhouse effect What causes climate change Effects of climate change Climate change factsheet What can I do? 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