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I learned about alternative solutions to waste management used in Japan to improve the conditions of their surrounding environment.

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Japan has been trying for years to control their waste management. The have recently put in place a sorting system in homes. Glass taken out on the curve different days than plastic and decomposable waste. This is their way of trying to cut down on unneeded landfill waste.

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I learned that many people agree that enable resources are important the the environment they are just not sure how to go about improving it.

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I learned that in waste management there is only 6% of people that recycle.Recycling can help our environment and our waste number decrease but with more and more waste our waste numbers are going to raise and get worse.Only 6% of people recycled in 1960 but now about 32.1 and it had decreased from 35 in 2018.Waste management is kinda control by recycling but not if not a lot of people pitch in on it.

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I learned that these can replenish, but very slowly and not in our lifetime.

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I learned that human have a huge impact on our world and every little decision and action we take affects the environment and everyone that lives on it. We must learn from our mistakes in the past and choose the right decisions in order to conserve our planet and make the best out of what we can. For example, by using renewable energy it benefits us and saves a lot of money and it is a lt better for the environment.

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Renewable Energy
There are many different types of renewable energy sources. However, the day-to-day applications for renewable energy could get lost. Technically, walking instead of driving your car counts as utilizing renewable energy. Starting up your car (event an electrical one) uses fossil fuels. Solar powered power banks to portably charge devices an such help to promote the usage of renewable resources. Washing and drying your clothes manually are both ways to use renewable energy. In fact, the use of washing and drying machines take massive amounts of water and electricity that aren't necessary at all. The renewable energy sources to power entire cities are very important, but the small things done by individuals help to maintain the environment as well.

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Climate Change, I learned that climate change is heavily affected by humans and we are the leading cause of problems from pollution and other human causes.
Non Renewable energy, I learned that these resources are becoming very limited and if we don't change how we use these slowly we are going to run out of them very fast.
Renewable Energy, I learned that this method and ways of saving resources is going very well and helping the Earth tremendously.
Waste Management, I learned that this is helping save the Earth from having garbage and even more pollution everywhere.

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not all energy is considered renewable energy; renewable energy is from sources that naturally replenish quickly. Nonrenewable energy on the other hand is does not replenish quickly. America is 2nd in renewable energy as of 2018. Wind power makes up 6 percent of America's power generation.

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/renewable-energy-clean-facts

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The world produces about 2.1 billion tons of waste per year
The United States spends 12.8 billion dollars per year on waste management

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i learnt that climate change can be controlled with how we treat the environment, i learnt that we must preserve all of our nonrenewable energy, that waste management is very important because it will get dumped into landfill, and 97% of climate change caused by humans. and 146.1 million tons of trash in landfills each year

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i learnt that climate change can be controlled with how we treat the environment, i learnt that we must preserve all of our nonrenewable energy, that waste management is very important because it will get dumped into landfill, and 97% of climate change caused by humans. and 146.1 million tons of trash in landfills each year

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i learned about climate change. people's choices affect climate change because for example we are burning fosill fuels which is causing it to warm up. The ocean has absorbed much of this increased heat, with the top 100 meters (about 328 feet) of ocean showing warming of more than 0.6 degrees Fahrenheit (0.33 degrees Celsius) since 1969.6 Earth stores 90% of the extra energy in the ocean. The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have decreased in mass. Data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment show Greenland lost an average of 279 billion tons of ice per year between 1993 and 2019, while Antarctica lost about 148 billion tons of ice per year. https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/ 

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i learned about climate change. people's choices affect climate change because for example we are burning fosill fuels which is causing it to warm up. The ocean has absorbed much of this increased heat, with the top 100 meters (about 328 feet) of ocean showing warming of more than 0.6 degrees Fahrenheit (0.33 degrees Celsius) since 1969.6 Earth stores 90% of the extra energy in the ocean. The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have decreased in mass. Data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment show Greenland lost an average of 279 billion tons of ice per year between 1993 and 2019, while Antarctica lost about 148 billion tons of ice per year. https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/ 

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I learned that many people agree that enable resources are important the the environment they are just not sure how to go about improving it.

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Landfills are our biggest source of soil pollution and around 80% of those items buried in landfills are still able to be recycled. The U.S. recycling rate is only about 34.5%, but if were able to get that up to around 75% the effect will be like removing 50 million cars off of  U.S. roads.

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I lernt that we don´t use water to power our houses and cars because the oil companies are so corrupt and reliant on the oil business that they don´t care about the environment. These oil companies hire hit men on people who perpetuate the idea of water powered vehicles. I think the solution is to turn the tables and hire hit men on the owners of the oil companies.
https://guylozier.com/2018/07/08/american-oil-company-hires-hitman-to-take-out-inventor-in-south-america/
https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/inventor-of-water-powered-car-died-screaming-they-poisoned-me/

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that In a lifetime the average American will throw away 600 times the amount of his or her adult weight in garbage. and Saves 642 kWh of energy.Saves 1.8 barrels (76 gallons) of oil.sves 10.9 million Btu's of energy. Saves 4 cubic yards of landfill space.

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How are electric cars better for the environment?  

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How are electric cars better for the environment?  

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Since electric cars don't have a tailpipe, they don't produce exhaust which the average american puts 4.6 metric tons of exhaust into the atmosphere every year. The electric cars have a power grid in the bottom which power comes out of

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Question: What ARe those really big dinosaurs that are like giraffes but like way bigger

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Question: What ARe those really big dinosaurs that are like giraffes but like way bigger

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the diplodocus was the dino that i was thinking about but why did they have to be so much bigger than modern day giraffes? because the earth was warmer and had almost double the amount of oxygen so plants and animals had way more resources to make themselves huge... kinda sounds like... climate change

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i want to know why people treat the environment so bad

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i want to know why people treat the environment so bad

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you can use reusable bottles
if you recycle 1 ton of paper you save 380 gallons of oil
and 7,000 gallons of water
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Renewable Energy Creates 5 Times More Jobs Than Fossil Fuels

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Climate change is caused by human activity, scientist predict that 97% of climate change is caused by humans. It can lead to an increase in disease in people. Children are 14-44% more likely to die from environmental factors.

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the last 14 hottest days have happened in the last 2 decades first

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the last 14 hottest days have happened in the last 2 decades first

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the last 14 hottest days have happened in the last 2 decades

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The 14 hottest days have occured in the last 2 decades

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climate change Most of the increase in global temperatures since 1950 has been caused by human activity

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I learned about waste management Waste management is all  over the world and there is very many waste plants and they are doing ok with mataining it

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5.1 Waste management purpose and strategies

"In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty...
But you can get everything dirty without getting anything clean." --Imbesi's Law of the Conservation of Filth with Freeman's Extension (Dictionary of Proverbs, Ed. Kleiser, S.B.N. A.P.N. Publishing 2005)

The starting point for this lesson is a general overview of waste management industry. The following reading will introduce you to the main issues related to waste generation, disposal, recycling, and related problems.

Reading Assignment:

Solid Waste Technology & Management, Christensen, T., Ed., Wiley and Sons., 2011.
Chapter 1.1. Christensen, T.H., Introduction to Waste Management, pp. 3-16. (See E-Reserves in Canvas.)

After this reading you should be able to answer the following questions:

What are the main problems and risks associated with waste? Why does it need to be treated?

What is the waste hierarchy? How is it related to sustainable thinking?

What are main types of solid waste, and what are the major ways to treat it?

So, how is the problem of waste disposal currently handled? There are a number of established technologies that help remove discarded materials out of our sight. Some of those discarded materials are reused in some form, but much larger amount is dumped or buried in the environment, which creates contained pollution. But is it really contained? And is that practice sustainable?

Watch the following video, which tours waste management facilities near San Francisco. That gives you an idea of scale of waste accumulation in urban areas and shows what it takes to treat it:

This is how numerous facilities around US currently operate. For the most part, it is so-called cradle-to-grave scheme, when discarded products and waste are recycled to typically lower grade material (i.e., down-cycled) or packed in a landfill. According to EPA, more than 50% of generated solid waste in the US is discarded, i.e., disposed of in the landfill. The following material is an EPA document showing some concrete numbers, which demonstrate how developing recycling technologies help reverse the trend in waste generation.

Answer the following question to check your learning of this section.

Check Your Understanding

What are the five levels of waste management hierarchy? (Input answers below.)

Click for answer.

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"In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty... But you can get everything dirty without getting anything clean." --Imbesi's Law of the Conservation of Filth with Freeman's Extension (Dictionary of Proverbs, Ed. Kleiser, S.B.N. A.P.N. Publishing 2005) The starting point for this lesson is a general overview of waste management industry.

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I learned waste management is everywhere and there is a lot of it

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I want to know how much waste management is in the world and how they are actually helping it

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I know Waste management is the management of waste in the world

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Landfills are among the biggest contributors to soil pollution – roughly 80% of the items buried in landfills could be recycled.

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Over 2,000 landfills are currently open in the United States, making our country an uglier place. And although they're often camouflaged fairly well, the negative issues that accompany landfills remain.

Underneath the makeup that's been plastered on landfills lay toxins, greenhouse gases, and leachate - all of which present concerning threats to our planet. If we want to leave this planet for our future generations, it's critical that we have a proactive recycling plan in place - whether that's in the office, in your community, or in your home.

Because of this, I wanted to focus on some key landfill statistics that will allow you to think differently about the current way our population disposes of its trash and the current problems that lie within its current practices. These 50 landfill facts on trash and recycling will prove the severity of the problems that lie within our current approach to trash.

1. Nine-tenths of all solid waste in the United States does not get recycled.

2. Landfills are among the biggest contributors to soil pollution - roughly 80% of the items buried in landfills could be recycled.

3. Although 75% of America's waste is recyclable, we only recycle around 30% of it. Turns out, there are a few easy steps you can take to start recycling better.

4. A single recycled plastic bottle saves enough energy to run a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours. It also creates 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than would be created when making a new bottle.

5. Recycling plastic saves as much energy as it takes to burn it.

6. It only takes 5 recycled plastic bottles to make enough fiberfill to stuff a ski jacket.

7. Motor oil never wears out, it just gets dirty - and it can be recycled.

8. The U.S. recycling rate is around 34.5%. If we're able to get the rate to 75%, the effect will be like removing 50 million passenger cars from U.S. roads.

9. Over 11 million tons of recyclable clothing, shoes, and textiles make their way into landfills each year.

10. The leading cities for recycling in the US are (#1) San Francisco, CA (#2) Boston, MA (#3) Chicago, IL (#4) Denver, CO and (#5) Portland, OR.

11. The leading countries for recycling rates are: (#1) Switzerland [52%] (#2) Australia [49.7%] (#3) Germany [48%] (#4) Netherlands [46%] and (#5) Norway [40%]. The United States comes in around 31.5%.

12. 9 out of 10 people said they would recycle if it were "easier".

13. Studies indicate that women on average typically express more concern for the environment and are more likely to recycle than men.

14. The United States throws away $11.4 billion worth of recyclable containers and packaging every year.

15. In the United States, we throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour - about 42,000 per minute, or about 695 per second. But there's an easy way to reduce your plastic use.

16. It takes 500 years for average sized plastic water bottles to fully decompose.

17. The amount of plastic film and wrap produced annually could shrink-wrap the state of Texas.

18. The energy it takes to make 1.5 million tons of plastic could power 250,000 homes.

19. There are 25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. Of that, 269,000 tons float on the surface, while some four billion plastic microfibers per square kilometer litter the deep sea.

20. According to a study done by the University of Georgia, 18 billion pounds of plastic trash winds up in our oceans each year. To put that in perspective, it's enough trash to cover every foot of coastline around the world with five full trash bags of plastic...compounding every year.

21. Plastics cause more than 80% of the negative effects on animals associated with ocean trash.

22. Over 100,000 marine animals die every year from plastic entanglement and ingestion.

23. Glass bottles take 4,000 years to decompose.

24. Glass, like aluminum, is infinitely recyclable - without any loss in purity or quality.

25. Glass bottles have been reduced in weight by approximately 40% over the past 30 years.

26. Recycled glass is substituted for up to 95% of raw materials.

27. An estimated 80% of all glass containers recovered for recycling are re-melted in furnaces and used to manufacture of new glass containers.

28. Glass container manufacturers hope to achieve 50 percent recycled content in the manufacture of new glass bottles. This achievement would save enough energy to power 21,978 homes for one year and while removing over 181 tons of waste from landfills monthly.

29. Americans use 65 billion aluminum soda cans each year.

30. In only three months, enough aluminum cans are thrown out in the United States to rebuild all of our commercial air fleets.

31. Aluminum cans make up less than 1% of waste in the United States because they are the #1 recycled item.

32. There is no limit to the number of times you can recycle an aluminum can.

33. After recycling, an aluminum can is usually repurposed within 60 days.

34. Recycling just two aluminum cans save the same amount of energy it takes to power a PC for a single workday.

35. You can make 20 new cans from recycled material using the same amount of energy that it takes to make 1 brand new can.

36. While the United States celebrates the holidays, Americans produce an additional 5 million tons of waste (four million of the 5 million tons consisting of wrapping paper and shopping bags).

37. The majority of the 4 million tons of junk mail that Americans receive annually ends up in landfills.

38. The energy used to create and distribute junk mail in the US for one day could heat 250,000 homes.

39. On average, Americans use 650 pounds of paper a year. Each.

40. U.S. businesses use around 21 million tons of paper every year.

41. The United States throws out the amount of office paper it would take to build a 12-foot wall from Los Angeles to New York City (2,794 miles).

42. Americans make nearly 400 billion photocopies a year, which comes out to 750,000 copies every minute.

43. The average office worker in the United States goes through roughly 500 disposable cups annually.

44. Making new paper from recycled materials uses less energy than producing paper from virgin tree products and leaves more trees to absorb excess carbon dioxide.

45. For every 1 ton of paper that's produced, roughly 390 gallons of oil is used to make it.

46. 1 trillion pages of paper equal 8.5 million acres of trees. That is an area greater than the state of Maryland.

47. 2,000 pounds (or 1 ton) of recycled paper helps to save over 350 gallons of oil, 17 trees, and a large portion of landfill space.

48. A single American consumes roughly two trees annually in paper products.

49. Of the 62 million newspapers printed daily in the United States, 44 million will be thrown away (roughly 500,000 trees).

50. If 1/10 of all discarded American newspapers were recycled annually, approximately 25 million trees would be saved.

We hope these landfill facts and recycling statistics made you think twice about your trash and consumption habits.

Own a business and looking for affordable waste and recycling solutions to become more sustainable? Head to our business solutions page. And to learn more about Rubicon's work transforming the entire category of waste and recycling, be sure to download our inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report.

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Over 2,000 landfills are currently open in the United States, making our country an uglier place. And although they're often camouflaged fairly well, the negative issues that accompany landfills remain. Underneath the makeup that's been plastered on landfills lay toxins, greenhouse gases, and leachate - all of which present concerning threats to our planet.

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I learned renewable energy is useful energy

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I want to know about where renewable energy is collected

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I know Renewable energy is energy that is used to help renewable resources grow and get more of them

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgEo7YnvJs0

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like what it is and stuff

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i wanna know why people are so mean to the environment

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what are examples of waste management and can it be done from home

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how stuff is reused

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i don't know anything about waste management

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how we reuse stuff

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waste management is to help the environment

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ppCC3lboU

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I Learned that in order nonrenewable resources to be able to keep these resources going  you can’t change there energy source

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Know- Its better for the environment
Want- isn't all forms of energy technically renewable???

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renewable resources are better for the environment we get more use out of them

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The management of waste

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can we JUST use renewable energy

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I want to know how many nonrenewable resources are in the world

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i know that it is more useful and stuff

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renewable energy is better for the environment and we get more use out of them

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Can be replaced

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if we can make it not use as much stuff

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is there a way to limit our use of nonrenewable resources

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it will affect our future and its a big problem

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https://youtu.be/4JDGFNoY-rQ
know- It is very important job for any community
want- The process in which water is purified

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I know nonrenewable resources are resources that cannot be used over short periods of times

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it is wasteful and uses so much stuff

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nonrenewable energy is wasteful and it uses a lot of resources

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waste management needs to be controlled better
how can we control waste management

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i know that this is a big problem that will affect the world in the future.i want to know more ways to slow it down.
Nonrenewable energy.
i know nothing off the top of my head about nonrenewable energy
i want to know everything their is to know about nonrenewable energy
Renewable energy.
i know sunlight is a type of renewable energy.
i want to learn more types of renewable energy
waste management
i know waste management picks up everyones trash and thats bassicaly it
i want to know more facts about what they do for everyone

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I want to learned how much pollution is needed to be released in order for climate change to be caused

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how it affects people

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Non renewable energy can be stuff like oil which comes from dinosaur bones

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Non renewable energy can be stuff like oil which comes from dinosaur bones

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why do people use nonrenewable energy intead of eco friendly renewable

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i kno climate change is increasing, i want to know how much it is changing

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i kno climate change is increasing, i want to know how much it is changing

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i know nonrenewable energy should be conserved, i wanna know how much we have left
i know renewable energy is sustainable, i want to know how much is available
i know waste management is good for the environment if done right, i want to know if im doing it correct

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Climate Change: It’s Real. It’s Serious. And it’s up to us to Solve it. | National Geographic

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i know that renewable energy can be made again
i want to learn how the renewable energy can be effective on reducing the times we use non renewable energy

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i want to know how much it effects the environment

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I learned that climate change is mostly caused by green house gases

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This is energy that cannot be replaced. Or if it can, it's very slow. There is a limited amount of this resource.
How do they know that something is nonrenewable.

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waste management means that the waste we produce is a way to prevent waste build up, stopping it from ruining the environment

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waste management means that the waste we produce is a way to prevent waste build up, stopping it from ruining the environment

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i wanna know why waste management is something that people lie about sometimes instead of actually doing it

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I know that climate change is big change in the weather and is caused by population

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climate change is bad for the environment and it is currently increasing

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know- It bad for the environment
want- How they compare to renewable energy
learn- That they aren't sustainable

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I know climate change is crazy and makes conservatives angry

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I know climate change is crazy and makes conservatives angry

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i wanna know why people talk about it but dont actually do anything about it

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Non renewable energy is not able to be renewed so we have to save it.
what i want to learn is the statistics on what resources are non renewable
i learned that climate change is very bad for the environment

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how will climate change affect the trout population
what will we do when we run out of nonrenewable energy
what will we do to get more renewable energy
what is waste management
what i already know
climate change had an impact on the dinosaurs
dinosaurs dont care about nonrenewable or renewable energy
wast management has to do with how to deal with the waste that we generate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av21EY6rGWs

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i know that the climate changes and it messes with the air and environment

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Climate Change, I know that climate change is affecting earth in a bad way. I want to learn more about how it is effecting and why. I learned that humans are one of the biggest reasons for climate change.
Nonrenewable Energy, I know that these resources cannot be replaced or remade. I want to learn more about how we can use this resources to save them for generations.  I learned that coal, Oil, and natural gas are some of the most important ones.
Renewable Energy, I know that these resources can be reused and remade. I want to learn more about what we are saving and doing to help earth by coming up with new ways of saving these resources. I learned that things like solar panels are saving tons of energy and helpling power millions of things.
Waste Management, I know that waste management consist of recycling and throwing away garbage in the proper way and in right places. I would like to learn more about how we do that and how it is helping us. I learned that it can be broken down into different categories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zScGFJ7zPEg

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Climate change is dramatically increasing

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What: Climate change is a change in global or regional climate patterns
When I think of: I think that the Earth is becoming hotter as time continues
Video: https://youtu.be/EtW2rrLHs08
Know: I know that humans are the main cause of climate change due to the harmful things they do to our planet
Want to know: I want to know how much time we have left to reverse the harmful things we have done to our planet and if there is a way to fix our damage from the past
Learned: The Earth has gotten warmer by 1.2 F to 1.4 F and 97% of climate scientist agree that this tendency is is not cause by variations of Earth's Orbit

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Climate Change
I know that climate change is a very big problem and it is melting our icebergs.
I want to know how the fish be feelling with all this extra water lying around.
Nonrenewable Energy
I know that energy that is not renewed is energy used by coal and fossil fuels.
I want to know why we don´t just bury our dead in a big pit so we can make more fossil fuels.
Renewable Energy
I know that energy that is renewable is energy used like wind, solar, and water power.
I want to know why we are not using water as a fuel source when it was discovered years ago.
Waste Management
I know that waste management is the management of waste to protect the earth
Why don´t we manage people who classify as ¨waste¨
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNv_iTsXn8
Waste management is mostly used in developed countries since our trash output is so high.

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I know that the majority of climate change is caused by humans.

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I know that there is a debate about regulating industry in order to fight climate change. I want to know how many people globally will be negatively impacted by climate change in the next decade.
I know that non renewable energy is still not widely accepted, and there is still debate over which renewable energy source is best. I want to know which renewable energy source is most efficient in our region.
I know non renewable energy, specifically coal, is being phased out. I want to know when we will not be dependent on non renewable energy.
I know that we have been covering our landfills with dirt and grass once we're done with them. I want to know what infrastructure is needed to sustainably remover trash from dense urban areas.
Answer: Different cities have different ways of dealing with trash. Most cities in the U.S. send the bulk of their trash to the landfill, while some cities, such as Seattle and San Francisco, recycle more materials than what they send to the landfill. These programs are uncommon because they are expensive.

Learned - Climate Change:
Sea levels could rise at least 12 inches by the year 2100 if rapid action is not taken to slow climate change.
If no action is taken to slow climate change, then sea levels could be up to 8 feet higher than they are no.

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renewable energy is the best kind of energy because it saves a lot
nonrenewable energy is bad for the environment but who cares
waste management is a problem
WANT TO LEARN
climate change absolutely nothing
nonrenewable energy some ways to convert to renewable energy
renewable energy probs nothing
waste management everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNv_iTsXn8

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i want to know about how cars are affecting the environment and how cars affect climate change. I want to know what the hype is around nonrenewable energy. I want to know how different ways of waste management helps us.

What i know
I know that electric cars are much better for the environment.

I've learned that climate changes affects the population of many species in Antarctica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtW2rrLHs08

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I know that the ocean soaks up a bunch of CO2 every year.
I want to know how to help climate change.
I learned that polar bears are really getting screwed over :/

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I need to learn about dinosaurs  and maybe the pyramids they are really cool

what already know?
i know dinos are really old and so are the pyramids and they are preety cool

MY BAD I DID IT WRONG

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What I know:
Climate Change: The temperature of the planet is increasing slowly and has been for many years. This has caused many different natural disasters throughout the world.
Nonrenewable energy: This type of energy is not efficient for usage. Examples include coal, fossil fuel, and propane.
Renewable energy: This type of energy is more efficient for humans to use as well as more sustainable for the future. Examples include solar, wind, and wave energy
Waste Management: There amount of plastic in the ocean is increasing dramatically. At some point in the future (with the rate at which plastic is thrown into the ocean) the amount of plastic in the ocean with outnumber the amount of living creatures.
What I want to know:
Climate Change:Genuine solutions and how they can be put in place. So far, most solutions haven't done enough to improve our future conditions.
Nonrenewable Energy: How is our dependence on those resources being adjusted because they are not sufficient o use anymore.
Renewable Energy: Can more way to harvest to renewable resources be incorporated into daily life (for everyone)
Waste Management: What changes can the public make to force things to get better for the management of waste.
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Climate Change
Know: I know that the hole in the ozone layer is effecting the environment by letting in more heat from the sun and this is effecting the environment by causing changes in what we consider natural weather. Also it is no longer considered global warming as its changing not just the weather to be warm. Look at Texas.
Want to learn: I would like to know how we are trying to fix this behind just reducing carbon admissions. I would also like to learn more about the green new deal and other legislation trying to be past based on the information we have.

Nonrenewable Energy
Know: I know that nonrenewable energy (NE) is classified as energy sources that can not be replenished in an effective manner. Clearly oil will exist again but no in our life times. The use of NE is something that has been debated for a long time and will remain being debated for times to come. It is also considered unrealistic to completely remove NE from the lives of people living with it now and would be smarter teach new people how to live without it.

Want to learn: I want to learn how we will be fixing our depleting NE and how we lan on weeding it out for future gens if we even will be. I want to understand the effect that people trying to use it smartly are effecting the NE and if they are even making that big of a difference.

Renewable Energy
Know: I know that renewable energy (RE) is energy that isn't necessarily enable but rather consistent. Wind is something we won't see the end of and thus is classified as RE. The same can be said about  solar power. I also know that though people believe sailor power is the way to go it actually produces a lot of heat and moister. So if we were to put a lot of solar panels in the desert it would actually change the environment over time into a rainforest which would be devastating to the areas around the changed ecosystem.
Want to learn: I want to learn Why. Why wind and water are not being used why solar panels create these problems and we can't use them. Why has no one fixed that.

Waste Management:
Know: I know that other countries like Japan handle waste management better than the US. I know we turn dumps into useable land after many years. But it takes way longer to build on it as its concreted unstable land.
want to know: I want to know why? Why don't we follow Japan. Why are we like this. When will we become Wally.

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Global sea level has been rising over the past century, and the rate has increased in recent decades. In 2014, global sea level was 2.6 inches above the 1993 average the highest annual average in the satellite record. Sea level continues to rise at a rate of about one-eighth of an inch per year.

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Global sea level has been rising over the past century, and the rate has increased in recent decades. In 2014, global sea level was 2.6 inches above the 1993 average the highest annual average in the satellite record. Sea level continues to rise at a rate of about one-eighth of an inch per year.

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I learned the average human throws away about 1361.4 lbs of garbage a year
In 2016 we released about 12 million tons of C02 from burning garbage

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What is climate change? Is it the same as global warming? When did climate become a hot topic in the world's agenda? What are its main causes and consequences? Is it a lie? Find everything about climate change bel ow! Please use the index to find out what you're looking for.
Simple Definition Of Climate Change

Climate change is the global phenomenon of climate transformation characterized by the changes in the usual climate of the planet (regarding temperature, precipitation, and wind) that are especially caused by human activities. As a result of unbalancing the weather of Earth, the sustainability of the planet's ecosystems is under threat, as well as the future of humankind and the estability of the global economy.

Official Definition Of Climate Change

NASA's definition of climate change says it is "a broad range of global phenomena created predominantly by burning fossil fuels, which add heat-trapping gases to Earth's atmosphere. These phenomena include the increased temperature trends described by global warming, but also encompass changes such as sea-level rise; ice mass loss in Greenland, Antarctica, the Arctic and mountain glaciers worldwide; shifts in flower/plant blooming; and extreme weather events."

Climate Change Definition vs. Global Warming Definition

According to the US Geological Survey, global warming is just one aspect of climate change. In fact, they say that global warming refers to the rise in global temperatures due mainly to the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. On the other hand, climate change refers to the increasing changes in the measures of climate over a long period of time - including precipitation, temperature, and wind patterns.

Following the same line of thought, according to Climate.Gov, global warming refers only to the Earth's rising surface temperature, while climate change includes warming and the "side effects" of warming-like melting glaciers, heavier rainstorms, or more frequent drought. Ultimately, this means that global warming is one side of the much larger problem of human-caused climate change.

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Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? And Who Studies It?

When we talk about climate change, we are often talking about the increase in temperatures linked to industrial activities and in particular the greenhouse effect. Therefore, we sometimes speak of global warming, which is said to be "of anthropogenic origin". Ultimately, the causes of global warming (at least at its current rate) are not natural but driven by the human economy and industries.

Many scientists are studying this phenomenon and trying to understand how activities of human societies are responsible for this heating. These scientists are grouped together in the IPCC (International Group of Experts on Climate), and they regularly publish reports studying the evolution of climate change, such as the one published in late 2018.

First Discoveries Of The Greenhouse Effect And Definition Of Global Warming

The first assumptions about the greenhouse effect were made by scientist Jacques Fourier in 1824, whose work was followed by several scientists who tried to quantify this phenomenon, like Claude Pouillet, John Tyndall and Svante Arrhenius. In fact, Arrhenius was the one who conducted the first experiment that accurately validated and quantified the greenhouse effect, at the end of the 19th century. He discovered that an air rich in carbon dioxide retains more heat from solar radiation leading to an increase in air temperature.

In the end, he concluded that if large quantities of carbon are released into the atmosphere (because of industrial activities that burn coal), the air will be charged with CO2 and more heat will be retained. By that time, the first estimates of temperature increases made by Arrhenius and other scientists were that if the greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere doubled, the average temperature of Earth would increase by 5º Celsius. In 1901, Gustaf Ekholm used for the first time the term "greenhouse effect" to describe this phenomenon.

For decades, these discoveries were not taken seriously in the scientific community. At that time, many experts believed that nature could self-regulate and that the impact of man was minimal. Notably, many scientists thought the excess CO2 would be absorbed by the ocean anyway, which is true within specific CO2 limits. Nevertheless, the thesis that global warming was linked with the greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide) was proven to be true and validated in the 1940s by Gilbert Plass. Nowadays, with modern technologies, there is solid evidence that the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere affects the ability of the air to retain infrared radiation and heat.

Growing Awareness About Global Warming

In the 60s, several scientists showed the assumptions on the greenhouse effect were actually real. For what matters, Charles David Keeling proved, for instance, that the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere was gradually increasing thanks to its measurements near Hawaii.

By its turn, Roger Revelle also proved that the carbon gases released by burning fossil fuels were not immediately absorbed by the ocean, as was previously thought. This discovery accelerated scientists' worries about climate change and as a result, society and politicians slowly began thinking about these issues as a possible problem in the future.

A decade later, in 1971, during the first Earth Summit, the definition of global warming and its consequences were broadly discussed and a year later, in 1972, John Sawyer published a scientific report highlighting even more clearly the links between global warming and the greenhouse effect.

For over a decade, evidence of climate change has been accumulated in the scientific community until in the mid-1980s, the world's 7 largest economic powers (the G7) called on the UN to create a group of experts to study this issue. This was the first time there was a real consideration and a true definition of climate change as a public problem by international institutions.

The First IPCC Reports On Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was created in 1988 with the purpose of studying the evolution of the phenomenon of climate change and its consequences. It brought (and stills brings) together hundreds of scientists, climatologists, geologists, oceanographers, and biologists, but also economists, sociologists, engineers and other specialists in various fields - with the goal of having a global vision of this phenomenon. The IPCC is structured in three working groups:

The first group studies climate change as a phenomenon: they focus on the process and its magnitude;

The second group is specialized in the consequences of climate change: they're interested in the vulnerability of ecosystems and societies, as well as how the planet reacts and adapts to climate change;

The third and last group is responsible for studying the ways of fighting against climate change.

The IPCC made its first report in 1990 and they kept making new ones periodically until they published their last report in October 2018 that focuses on the impacts of a temperature increase of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, its GHG emission pathways and was built in an attempt to address policy makers more directly.

Overall, in these reports, the IPCC scientific community analyzes the causes of climate change and its impacts on the ecosystems and on society by developing predictive models. These models and forecasts are then used by governments and businesses, helping them to put in place strategies to combat climate change or adapt to it.

The Consequences Of Climate Change

Thanks to the work of the IPCC and other groups of scientists working on the definition of climate change, we now better understand the consequences of this phenomenon in our lives. In the minds of many, climate change is a relatively distant problem that simply implies that it will get hotter. Nevertheless, the consequences are much deeper and should be taken more seriously.

The Consequences Of Climate Change On The Planet's Ecosystems

An increase in temperature due to global warming it's not only about a heat increase that can be felt by humans or glacial ice melting - it has the potential to affect the planet's entire ecosystem. As we have been watching in many different countries, from the US (California) to India or South Africa, the weather is getting disruptive. Extreme weather events are more regular and their patterns are changing - they're more intensive, aggressive, and with more energy. This means more storms, floods, cyclones, and droughts will take place over the next years.

At the same time, the regulating capacity of oceans is also being affected by an increase in temperatures. If global temperatures increase dramatically, ocean levels will not only increase - they will also be facing the ecological challenges of oceanic acidification and deoxygenation. At the same time, forest areas (e.g. Amazon rainforest), fragile ecosystems (e.g. coral reefs) and biodiversity (e.g. corals, insects and mammals) are also under threat.

The Consequences Of Climate Change On Society And On The Economy

Furthermore, climate change is already challenging and can further challenge our societies. With the increase in temperatures in some countries, especially in Equatorial regions, the flow of climate refugees is changing and increasing, putting pressure in other countries to host them, help them strive and overcome political barriers.

The reasons for this move have to do with natural resources, such as drinking water, that are getting more limited and many crops and livestock that are unlikely to survive (affecting locals but also the global economy of the several industries that rely on raw materials) in specific locations because of the temperature being too hot or too dry, too cold or too wet. And as it turns out, studies say that the wealthiest countries of the world will be the ones experiencing fewer changes in their local climate compared to the poorest regions if the global average surface temperatures reach the between 1.5º and 2º Celsius.

The Consequences Of Climate Change On Businesses

Finally, businesses are also likely to be affected by climate change. Indeed, in a context where the climate is changing, companies need to be aware of the risks that they may face and be prepared to deal with them by developing CSR strategies that evaluate the i mpacts they may suffer. Events such as damaged crops, the loss of infrastructures, unexpected changes in market stocks, investors that ask for sustainability reports and the growing expectations of society for business to be transparent are variables to keep an eye on.

How To Fight Climate Change

To fight climate change, we must first reduce our greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. To accomplish this, the first step is to embrace renewable energies that are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat, and avoid creating energy by the burning of fossil fuels. As well, besides swooping the types of energy we produce, we must also make everything more efficient, because even if the energy comes from a renewable source, it still won't be carbon neutral and will still contribute to the ozone depletion.

We need to adapt our lifestyles to overcome these growing challenges that climate change is bringing. For this to happen, we should start to create a worldwide culture of sustainable development, where the energy is wised wisely and efficiently, where a circular economy is a strong bet, as well as durable and eco-friendly products. One thing is for sure, we need to choose responsibly the products we buy because our demand as consumers influences what we are supplied with.

Other actions you can take to fight climate change:

Climate Change: Myth Or Reality?

Like many social and scientific problems, climate change has been controversial from the start. Some scientists and critics have questioned climate change. They are called climate-skeptics. Several arguments are invoked, for example:

"Climate Change Does Not Exist, It's A Lie"

This argument, often used by skeptics, would make climate change a lie, invented by states, or world elites and the media. No evidence or explanation has been provided to support this argument.

"Climate Change Is Natural, It Does Not Matter"

This argument is often put forward by climate-skeptical scientists to question the media attention that climate change enjoys. Their idea is that climate change is a natural phenomenon, normal and cyclical, and there is no need to worry about it.
However, the work of Keeling or Revelle, and then the work of the IPCC and hundreds of newer independent works, have proved that this argument is false, and that climate change is indeed a phenomenon of human origin (as the temperatures have been rising at abnormal rates since the industrial revolution) and that it is dangerous for the world's ecosystems and societies.

The Human Origin Of Global Warming: Greenhouse Gases (GHG)

Some scientists have also questioned the human origin of global warming, explaining that CO2 released into the atmosphere by human activities does not really affect the climate nor the ecosystems of Earth. They argue that these gases are either regulated by ecosystems, that they are not released in sufficient quantities to have an impact, or that other gases (such as water vapor) have a greater impact on ecosystems.
Although all these positions are partly true, they do not call into question the human origin of global warming. Thus, CO2 is well absorbed in part by the ocean and by plants, but not fast enough to be regulated due to the huge contribution of human activities.

"We Do Not Really Know How The Climate Works. The Same Happens With Climate Change"

Other climate-skeptics argue that because climatology (the science that studies climate) is very complex and has many factors to consider, it is difficult or impossible to predict the consequences of an event such as the increase of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. These critics question the reliability of the IPCC models up to some degree and therefore their predictions.
Although it is true that climatology is a complex science, the predictions made so far about temperatures rising, ocean acidification and the weather consequences of climate change have proved to be rather close to reality.

The Scientific Consensus On Climate Change

In the end, the overwhelming majority of global scientists in all relevant fields agree on the causes of climate change and most of its consequences on ecosystems and society. Scientifically speaking, there is no doubt about the existence of global warming and climate change. It is now time to find out what actions will be taken at the political and social spheres to make our world more resilient and fight climate change.

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The planets surface has risen 2.12 degrees since the late 19th century
Nuclear energy releases less radiation than other energy resources.

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1. The planet's average surface temperature has risen about 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit (1.18 degrees Celsius) since the late 19th century, a change driven largely by increased carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere and other human activities
2 Global sea level rose about 8 inches (20 centimeters) in the last century.
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What I have learned was that the temperatures on earth will continue to rise and changes in precipitation patterns and an increase in droughts and heat waves.
Statistics: The warming trend is extremely likely and more than a 95% rate
The earth stores 90% of the energy in the oceans.

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I learned that nuclear energy releases less radiation in the atmosphere than other major energy sources. 

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I learned that nuclear energy releases less radiation in the atmosphere than other major energy sources. 

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I learned that in the last century the temperature has risen 1.2-1.4 degrees
and 97% of climate change is because of humans.
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/are-humans-major-cause-global-warming