Climate & Climate Change
It's not a hoax, nor is it fake news. Climate is a measurable phenomenon. We know Global Climate Change is happening. Can we now get over the arguing and actually start doing something about it?!
Carbon and the Carbon Cycle
Carbon Cycle
from the Geological Society
Carbon Reservoirs
from the Geological Society
Carbon in the Terrestrial Biosphere
from the Geological Society
Carbon in the Ocean
from the Geological Society
Carbonate Compensation Depth
from the Geological Society
Hydrocarbon Formation
from the Geological Society
Evidence for Climate Change
Met Office: What is climate change?
NASA: Evidence
NASA: Scientific Consensus
MinuteEarth: Is Climate change just a lot of Hot Air? (2:14)
NOAAView Interactive World map with extensive ocean, atmosphere and land data over time
Causes of Climate Change
There are three types of climate change:
The normal, long-term climate change, which has been happening forever, is due to fluctuations in Earth's movement around the Sun, plus it's tilt and wobble.
Then there is enhanced climate change or anthropogenic climate change – the recent, very rapid warming of Earth due to the influences of people.
Finally, there are short-term perturbations in Earth's climate systems caused by sun-spot activity, volcanic eruptions and phenomena like El Nino and La Nina. However, since climate is a 30-years average of conditions, these aren't truly climate changers, but part of the normal changes we experience here on Earth.
Long-term Climate Change
Milankovitch Cycles – Natural Long-term Climate Change
YaleCC: How scientists know that humans are responsible (2:41)
MET Office: Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Economic Sector
from What is Climate Change?
Timeline of Earth's Average Temperature
(see below for embedded view)Effects
NASA: Effects of Climate Change
Carbon Brief: Mapping how climate change affects extreme weather around the world
NOAA: Extreme event attribution: the climate versus weather blame game
Atlas Pro: What if Greenland melted? (8:25)
Climate Change: The View from MinuteEarth (2:48)
You can scroll through this amazing graphic recounting not only the history of humans on Earth since 22,000y BP, but also the changing temperature.
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