Four Telling Facts About Climate Change

4 Climate Change Facts Everyone Should Know

Kirsten Silvan, April 3, 2016 (Inquisitr)

“…[An enormous body of data over many years reveals] certain facts about climate change…[One is that if] every country on earth lived the way we do in the United States, it would take at least five planets with equivalent resources to provide adequate resources…[A second is that 2015 was 0.75C warmer than the long-term average between 1961-1990 and data suggests that 2015 ‘shattered’ the temperature record by the widest margin ever recorded [due to a combination of El Niño and human-induced warming]…[Third, sea] levels are expected to rise up to 23 inches by the end of this century…[This] would displace up to half of the world’s population who live within 37 miles of the ocean, along with three-quarters of the Earth’s largest cities…[and sea levels are rising] up to four times faster along the eastern coast of the United States…[Finally, if the pattern is unchanged, the] majority of the Arctic basin will be ice-free in September 2040…” See the video below for the solution and click here for more

Tweet