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Climate change is an international phenomenon caused by many factors, the biggest ones being the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and commercial livestock farming. These events release greenhouse gasses that trap heat from the sun's rays in the atmosphere, causing temperature on earth to rise. This is called the greenhouse effect. The leading component to the greenhouse effect is the burning of fossil fuels, fracking and burning coal. This produces large amounts of greenhouse gasses such as carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides that deplete ozone layers and make air quality really bad. Fossil fuels also pollute the air when they're burned and may cause environmental damage when they're mined. These acts have caused the temperature on earth to increase by 1.6 degrees fahrenheit, and more in sensitive polar regions, since 1906.
These increased temperatures lead to melting glaciers, changes in weather patterns, rising sea, shifts in animal migration patterns, mass extinction and increased likelihood of natural disasters (fires, floods, doughts, hurricanes).
If we continue at this rate scientists predict that by 2050 sea levels will have risen 1.6 feet and as much as 10 feet by 2100. We will suffer from devastating weather extremes including, wildfires, heatwaves, droughts and flooding. Two billion people globally will be affected by lack of water and food production will fall by one-fifth as droughts, heat waves, flooding and storms affect crops. And the amazon rainforests, coral reefs and other important ecosystems will collapse. Climate change affects everyone no matter what.
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