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The image I chose for the background is a combination of multiple effects of global warming. The release of CO2 in the atmosphere has caused many terrible things to happen including the melting of the ice caps due to excess heat in the environment. As A result of the melting ice caps and glaciers is the rise in water level which will one day result in some serious flooding. All these pictures I have chosen are a cause and effect of each other from the release of CO2 to the melting of the glaciers to the rise of the seas, all connect at the end of the day. If we are to survive as a strong race we must change the way we treat the environment and we must finally find a more Eco friendly way ti live life.

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This video quickly goes over a few of the causes and effects of climate change. It goes over the main causes (The greenhouse effect) and what it is doing to our atmosphere. The it goes over all off the effects which are caused by this atmosphere catastrophe which include but are not limited too melting ice caps, insane temperatures, and intense weather.

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What causes climate change (also known as global warming)? And what are the effects of climate change? Learn the human impact and consequences of climate change for the environment, and our lives.

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This video shows a massive compilation of a years worth of data that NASA gathered observing the atmosphere. It goes in detail and shows what exactly is bothering the ozone layer and how big a part CO2 plays into everything. Towards certain parts of the year we are busy burning more fossil fuels and using our cars, etc. that there is a massive spike of damage to our atmosphere.

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This book goes into detail about if we continue our neglectful ways of treating our atmosphere about how our environment will change by it getting 1 degree hotter every year.

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six degrees: our future on a hotter planet

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Possibly the most graphic treatment of global warming that has yet been published, Six Degrees is what readers of Al Gore's best-selling An Inconvenient Truth or Ross Gelbspan's Boiling Point will turn to next. Written by the acclaimed author of High Tide, this highly relevant and compelling book...

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This is a (quite exaggerated but completely possible) picture of New York City and it shows how it could look down the line if we don't change our ways soon.

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This article goes in depth about how greenhouse gasses are negatively affecting our environment. It talks about the changes occurring to the world in certain regains and that these gasses are spreading faster than a wildfire. If we don't change our ways soon its is highly probable 18 percent of the creatures on earth will go extinct because of insufficient supplies to live. The extinctions of these animals and other creatures will result in mass hysteria and ecosystems will no longer be able to perform as expected. If those ecosystems are ruined than the entire planet is done for so we need to find alternate solutions to many harmful things we do in life in the environment soon.

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We thank the following for many contributions: E. Bolitho, V. Perez Canhos, D. A. L. Canhos, S. Carver, S. L. Chown, S. Fox, M. Kshatriya, D. Millar, A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, R. S. Pereira, B. Reyers, E. Martínez-Meyer, V. Sánchez-Cordero, J. Soberón, D. R. B. Stockwell, W. Thuiller, D. A. Vieglais and K. J. Wessels, researchers involved in the Projeto de Cooperação Técnica Conservação e Manejo da Biodiversidade do Bioma Cerrado, EMBRAPA Cerrados, UnB, Ibama/DFID e RBGE/Reino Unido, and the European Bird Census Council. We thank G. Mace, J. Malcolm and C. Parmesan for valuable discussions, many funding agencies for support, and B. Orlando and others at IUCN for bringing together many of the coauthors at workshops. Comments from J. A. Pounds and S. Pimm greatly improved the manuscript.Authors' contributions The fourth and subsequent authors are alphabetically arranged and contributed equally.

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1. Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

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2. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, UK

Rhys E. Green

3. Conservation Biology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK

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Thomas, C., Cameron, A., Green, R. et al. Extinction risk from climate change. Nature 427, 145-148 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02121
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Climate change over the past ∼30 years has produced numerous shifts in the distributions and abundances of species1,2 and has been implicated in one species-level extinction3. Using projections of species' distributions for future climate scenarios, we assess extinction risks for sample regions that cover some 20% of the Earth's terrestrial surface.

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For the past few months I have been studying climate change and its causes and effects. Many things contribute to its causes and most are due in part to our human race. We burn fossil fuels and release dangerous chemicals into the air. Those are just 2 examples of things humans do that are ruining our environment. Many things that result from us releasing these gasses into the ozone layer include the melting of the glaciers, very odd weather and temperatures when they shouldn't be happening, and many more effects. If we don't change the way we as humans act soon then our earth that we ALL INHABIT is as good as ruined.

If you really wish to help out in someway there are many different organizations you can donate too. If you don't want too or cant find the funds too donate the most simple and effective way of helping the environment is changing the way you live. If you can save water or be more efficient with your usage of power and burning fuels then the environment would experience an immediate impact. Unfortunately everyone on earth is so one minded that they aren't willing to change the way they live their lives. If we don't change our ways immediately before its too late then we will one day not have an earth too inhabit and our species could be as good as dead.

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This neat little song was composed and written by music legend Paul McCartney. In it he professes hi,s love to the earth and how much he wishes people would change to keep it safe.

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From Hollywood legends like Leonardo DiCaprio and Arnold Schwarzenegger to other stars such as Mark Ruffalo and Pharrell many people are trying their hardest by starting organizations of peace and dedicating to change the way they live to help save the planet.

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Nine Celebrities Changing the Conversation on Climate Action

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Here are nine celebrities we would award for getting the public talking about climate change and helping make the breakthrough agreement in Paris possible.