About
Belmont High School Students of the Outdoor Environmental Club were hoping to spread interesting environmental knowledge in order to spur environmental interest; thus, the Belmont Climate Summit was created.
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Habitat Loss
Habitat loss is identified as the main threat to 85% of the worlds species(WWF). Through acts of deforestation, degradation, and transporting invasive species, approximately 1 million species of plants and animals are at risk of extinction in several decades(Nature).
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Global Warming
Global temperature has risen by 1.82 F since 1880 and is projected to rise 2.5-10 F by 2050(NOAA). This will increase artic ice melt, sea level, # of extinctions, desertification, and more(NASA)
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Plastic Pollution
8 million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean annually(National). The breakdown of plastics into micro and nano-plastics pose health risks for both humans and animals alike, such as carcinogen intake(cancer) and filling animals stomachs, leading to starvation
So...what can we do?
The National Ocean Service lists ten simple actions that you can do today, to create a meaningful impact for tomorrow.
Organizing Team
Christopher Pare and William Riley, co-presidents of the activism sector of the Belmont High School Outdoors Club. Club advisors Sarah Deuell and Adrien Deshaies.
Works Cited:
"Dusk Illustration." Pixabay, 2021. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/sunset-sky-tree-landscape-sunrise-4933890/. Accessed August 2021
"Global Climate Report Annual 2020." NOAA. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2020. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/202013. Accessed May 2021.
Iconfinder, 2021. https://www.iconfinder.com/. Accessed August 2021.
"Losing Their Homes Because of the Growing Needs of Humans." World Wide Fund. World Wide Fund, 2020. https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/wildlife_practice/problems/habitat_loss_degradation/. Accessed May 2021.
Parker, Laura. "The World's Plastic Pollution Crisis Explained." National Geographic. National Geographic, 7 Jun. 2019. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/plastic-pollution. Accessed May 2021.
"Protecting our Planet Starts with You." National Ocean Service. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, N.D. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/ocean/earthday.html. Accessed May 2021.
Shaftel, Holly. "The Effects of Climate Change." NASA. NASA, 29 Apr. 2021. https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/. Accessed May 2021.
Tollefson, Jeff. "Humans are Driving one Million Species to Extinction." Nature. Nature, 06 May 2019. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01448-4. Accessed May 2021.