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- Climate change occurs naturally over long periods of time, but human activities have accelerated it.
- Burning fossil fuels like gas, oil, and coal releases emissions that trap heat and raise Earth's temperatures.
- Climate change affects residential areas, especially coastal areas, by causing floods and forcing people to relocate.
- Climate change also affects food by altering the ripening process of fruits and vegetables and reducing their nutritional value.
- Strategies to reduce the effects of climate change include reducing carbon pollution, raising awareness of the dangers, protecting forests and wildlife, and using satellite imagery to track illegal deforestation.
- Scientists predict that temperatures will continue to rise, causing further damage and increasing costs.
- Temperatures are expected to rise by 2-10 degrees Fahrenheit in the next century.
- Climate change is caused by human activity.
- Climate change impacts food, residential areas, and wildlife.
- Strategies to reduce the effects of climate change include reducing carbon pollution, raising awareness of the dangers, protecting forests and wildlife, and using satellite imagery to track illegal deforestation.
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