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It is melting the ice sheets

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Climate change can end the world

nature is a untapped solution

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Climate change also has to do with the atmosphere and global warming. Being affected by climate also affects humans and everything on the earth.

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"The moon landing was faked!" Is a very poplar conspiracy theory but we still don't know if it was in fact false or if they really did go to the moon.

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It's bad for us and the animals

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I learned that a lot of water is going into the ocean because of the climate change that is going on currently. A lot of icebergs are melting way faster than how they were melting a few years ago. "I know that climate change has something to do with a drastic change in weather, usually in a way it isn't supposed to be in that time frame. I also know that climate change can be very unpredictable, and can make a big impact on our lives." Climate change is very unpredictable. No one realizes how much this can impact our future and its just sad how it keeps getting worse every year.

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It’s causing different disasters and its killing animals.

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The earth is going to change like when the big meteor hit the earth and killed all dinosaurs

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Climate change is not real. - Trump

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I have learned that when the polar ice melts it can cause major flooding and this is happening but at a very slow rate there is and the evidence is what is happening to the polar bears are becoming more endangered

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It's causing different disaster's and it's killing animals.

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"Climate Change is bad for us and the animals":  Humans burning natural gas (CH4), oil and coal have put a huge amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) into our atmosphere.  I accept this as accurate because this information comes from scientific research at NASA. Here is the website: 

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"Climate Change is bad for us and the animals":  Humans burning natural gas (CH4), oil and coal have put a huge amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) into our atmosphere.  I accept this as accurate because this information comes from scientific research at NASA. Here is the website: 

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"It’s causing different disasters and its killing animals." Since the Earth's surface is heating up because of climate change, the possibility of more droughts and more intense storms can increase. This is because it also causes water vapor to go into our atmosphere which can become fuel for storms.

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"It’s causing different disasters and its killing animals." Since the Earth's surface is heating up because of climate change, the possibility of more droughts and more intense storms can increase. This is because it also causes water vapor to go into our atmosphere which can become fuel for storms.

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- Manuel Otero Jr.

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How can climate change affect natural disasters? | U.S. Geological Survey

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With increasing global surface temperatures the possibility of more droughts and increased intensity of storms will likely occur. As more water vapor is evaporated into the atmosphere it becomes fuel for more powerful storms to develop. More heat in the atmosphere and warmer ocean surface temperatur…

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"Its our garbage that is ruining this earth"
All of the garbage in landfills release methane gas and this methane gas is really bad for our air and environment. Humans release a lot of Methane into the air because of all of the trash that we produce. Americans disposed around 262 million tons of garbage in 2012. Everyday 728,000 tons of garbage gets thrown out, this is enough garbage to fill 63,000 garbage trucks. All of this trash will decompose one day and when trash decomposes, it creates methane gas and releases it into our environment.

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"Trump believes that regulations are all cost and no benefit." Mr. Trump refuses to acknowledge the existence of anthropogenic climate change, or at least acknowledge it's bad. Although Mr. Trump does think that in order to make more jobs, regulations of every sort would have to be reduced. So not only environmental, even occupational and labor, as well as everything else.

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"Trump believes that regulations are all cost and no benefit." Mr. Trump refuses to acknowledge the existence of anthropogenic climate change, or at least acknowledge it's bad. Although Mr. Trump does think that in order to make more jobs, regulations of every sort would have to be reduced. So not only environmental, even occupational and labor, as well as everything else.

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- Maritza Trejo Torres

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Who occupies the White House for the next four years could play a critical role in the fight against dangerous climate change, experts say. Matt McGrath weighs the likely environmental consequences of the US election.

Scientists studying climate change say that the re-election of Donald Trump could make it "impossible" to keep global temperatures in check.

They're worried another four years of Trump would "lock in" the use of fossil fuels for decades to come - securing and enhancing the infrastructure for oil and gas production rather than phasing them out as environmentalists want.

Joe Biden's climate plan, the scientists argue, would give the world a fighting chance.

In addition to withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement - the international pact designed to avoid dangerous warming of the Earth - President Trump's team has worked hard to remove what they see as obstacles to efficient energy production.

So where are we after four years of Donald Trump - and where are things likely to go after the election on 3 November?

Trump's position on climate

"Trump believes that regulations are all cost and no benefit," says Prof Michael Gerrard from Columbia University in New York.

"He denies that there really is such a thing as anthropogenic climate change, or at least that it is bad. He believes that if you cut back on regulations of all kinds, not just environmental, but also occupational and labour and everything else, it'll create more jobs."

Critics say the rollbacks on environmental regulations are part of an agenda to remove any reference to climate change across the federal government.

"They have really done everything humanly possible to try to convince people that what they see and feel and taste just isn't happening in front of them."

Rolling back regulations

For many of those backing Trump, his actions on the climate are consistent with boosting energy production and keeping the economy growing.

Others argue that Trump's war on environmental regulations has nothing to do with economics at all.

"So he sees this as a cultural effort to ignite grievance among his base. It has no other function for him."

When announcing the pull-out, President Trump spoke of re-negotiating the agreement, but nothing has come of that idea.

"Right now, we're a pariah, And this is the most embarrassing and shockingly bad time that I could ever imagine for the United States," says Gina McCarthy.

"And it's all because we have a president who simply doesn't give a damn about people. He just gives a damn about his own base, and how it feeds his own ego."

If Joe Biden wins, it is likely he will reverse the pull-out from Paris as soon as possible. Re-joining the pact requires only a month's notice.

What Trump's base thinks

The president's decision to pull the US out of the Paris agreement will take effect on 4 November, one day after the election.

But many still support his decision to leave the Paris pact.

"We've got China saying that they're going to reduce their emissions by this year. And they're financing coal plants all around the world."

"Even though the Paris Agreement may sound good, there has to be follow through, right?"

But younger members of the faith are less enchanted with the president, especially on the topic of climate change.

Emily Robertson is a 21-year-old student at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, and a first time voter in this election.

She says that if she could have voted last time round she would probably have voted for Trump, like her parents did.

But her growing awareness of the climate change issue has persuaded her to vote for Joe Biden this time.

"On social media platforms, I have seen a lot of young evangelicals move toward voting for Biden, but those are in select circles," she says.

"So for some people, perhaps, but honestly, just based on some people I have talked to, even though they care about climate change, I don't believe they care enough to still vote for Biden rather than Trump."

A second Trump term?

As well as confirming America's departure from the Paris deal, a win for Trump will likely see further efforts to step up fossil fuel production. This could have serious consequences for global temperatures.

"The 1.5C temperature target is very difficult to achieve right now, although it is theoretically possible," says Michael Gerrard.

He's referring to one of the goals of the Paris agreement - a global rise in temperature of 1.5C is regarded as a kind of gateway to dangerous levels of warming.

"If Trump is re-elected, I think it goes into the realm of physical impossibility," says Prof Gerrard.

"We'd have to wait another four years for another election to try to rectify that. But by then, a lot more fossil fuel infrastructure will have been locked in and a lot more greenhouse gases will have gone into the atmosphere. So, it would be very bad news for the climate indeed."

Cities taking a lead

In some parts of the US, the lack of action from the White House on climate change has served as a call to action.

For residents in the coastal city of Charleston, South Carolina, questions of climate and sea level rise are high on the list of political issues.

Water levels in Charleston harbour used to rise about 2.5cm every decade - now they're going up by that amount every two years.

"Flooding is at this point an issue on 100 days of the year," said local climate activist Belvin Olasov.

"This situation calls for leadership and there is currently a huge vacuum, because of the President that we have."

"So you have a city government taking on a giant conglomeration of oil corporations because nothing is being done on the federal level."

"It is an unusual situation that we've been pushed into."

Many states and regions have pushed ahead with climate action, but this has its limits. For example, road transportation is responsible for around one third of US carbon emissions but car fuel standards are set by the Federal government. While the Obama administration sought to strengthen them significantly, President Trump has watered them down.

Biden vs Trump

Achieving net zero means that any carbon emitted by industry, transport or other sources is balanced out by removing an equivalent amount from the atmosphere, through, for example, planting forests.

Mr Biden has ambitious ideas to revolutionise transport in the US using electric vehicles and trains. He also wants to build 1.5 million sustainable homes and housing units.

His plan would not just benefit the US, say supporters, it would help keep global temperatures down.

"This is the first election ever that really may determine whether we can prevent runaway climate change," says Paul Bledsoe.

"Joe Biden is proposing that the US adopt climate change tariffs on nations who do not reduce their emissions. Biden's international climate plan, if anything, is even more ambitious than his domestic plan. So the contrast could not be starker."

President Trump has accused his opponent of wanting to ban fracking. But Biden says it should continue as the US transitions to a green economy.

The oil and gas boom opened up by fracking - including in battleground states such as Pennsylvania - means thousands of jobs hang in the balance. The candidates are aware of the need to tread carefully - irrespective of their more general positions on climate change.

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US election 2020: What the results will mean for climate change

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Who occupies the White House for the next four years could play a critical role in the fight against dangerous climate change, experts say. Matt McGrath weighs the likely environmental consequences of the US election. Scientists studying climate change say that the re-election of Donald Trump could make it "impossible" to keep global temperatures in check.

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i heard its bad for animals and for us humans.

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Climate change is the global variation in the Earth's climate.  This variation is due to natural causes and the action of man and occurs on all climatic parameters: temperature, rainfall, cloudiness, etc., to very diverse time scales.

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Climate change is the global variation in the Earth's climate.  This variation is due to natural causes and the action of man and occurs on all climatic parameters: temperature, rainfall, cloudiness, etc., to very diverse time scales.

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"Nature is an untapped solution." Studies have been done and they show that bodies of land such as forests can help slow down climate change. The idea that they have is that using bodies of land would be a good way of keeping some carbon, although it sounds odd the land that isn't being used can just take the carbon and renew it, to make oxygen. Since, carbon is a reason as to why there's climate change, i think we should at least give this a chance to see if the amount carbon decreases instead of waiting for the Earth to die.

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New study shows better stewardship of land use in the US could cost-effectively cut the equivalent of over a fifth of US greenhouse gas emissions - equivalent to the weight of 55,000 Statues of Liberty.
In the wake of the landmark United Nations 1.5 degrees report, a shows that efforts to improve land use at a US state level could deliver major results to mitigate climate change. The study shows how the United States' forests, grasslands and coastal wetlands could play a much bigger role in reducing global warming than previously thought. It is the most comprehensive national assessment to date of how greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced and stored through a series of "natural climate solutions." Natural climate solutions (or NCS) are proven ways of storing and reducing carbon emissions in the world's forests, grasslands and wetlands.

The peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Science Advances and led by The Nature Conservancy alongside 21 institutional partners found by conserving, restoring and improving the management of natural and agricultural lands, it's possible to increase carbon storage and avoid greenhouse gas emissions in the US to the tune of 1.3 billion tonnes a year. This is the equivalent to removing more than a fifth (21%) of the carbon pollution in the US and represents more than a tenth of the global potential of natural climate solutions. The study is the first in the US to include the potential of coastal wetlands and grasslands, alongside the more established areas of forests and agriculture.

Joe Fargione, Director of Science for The Nature Conservancy, was the study's lead author:
"One of America's greatest assets is its land. Through changes in management, along with protecting and restoring natural lands, we demonstrated that we could reduce carbon pollution, filter water, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, and have better soil health to grow our food - all at the same time. Nature offers us a simple, cost-effective way to fight climate change, which promises benefits now and for future generations."

Lynn Scarlett, Chief External Affairs Officer for The Nature Conservancy said,
"As the world focuses on pathways to reduce our global carbon emissions as discussed in the Paris Accord, investment in new technologies is crucial. However, we can't overlook the solutions that are right in front of us and available now. Governments can prioritise land use strategies that both reduce emissions and absorb more greenhouse gases. This can be done through planning and zoning decisions, and by aligning fiscal or economic incentives with land use policies that benefit the climate. This study provides good news that making investments in nature will make a big difference, while offering the potential for new revenue to farmers, ranchers, foresters, and coastal communities at the same time."

Of the 21 natural solutions analysed, increased reforestation (the planting of trees) emerged as the largest means available to achieve greater carbon storage at a landscape level, equivalent to eliminating the emissions of 65 million passenger cars annually. Other high-performing forest solutions include allowing longer periods between timber harvest to increase carbon storage; increasing controlled burns and strategic thinning in forests to reduce the risk of 'megafire'; and avoided loss of forests from urban sprawl.

The study identified a maximum of 156 million acres with potential for reforestation, 123 million acres where forest harvest rotations could be extended; and 82 million additional acres of forests in the US that would benefit from fire risk reduction treatments on federally managed forests. In addition, almost a million acres of forest are currently being converted to non-forest habitat a year, largely due to suburban and exurban expansion, which could be addressed through better land use planning. The study also finds that urban reforestation can add important carbon storage benefits.

Grasslands - being lost at the rate of over one million acres per year - are another under-appreciated carbon storage opportunity. When these natural landscapes are converted to cropland, about 28% of the carbon in the top meter of soil is released into the atmosphere. The study suggests 13 million acres of marginal cropland could potentially be re-enrolled in conservation programmes and restored to grassland, providing habitat and restoring carbon to the soil.

The study builds on the TNC-led science published last year which found that natural climate solutions could deliver global reductions of as much as 23.7 billion tons of CO2 equivalent per year, approximately 30% more than previous, less comprehensive estimates. This is a third of the reduction required by 2030 if we are to avoid the consequences of catastrophic climate change.

Natural climate solutions provide value for money, create jobs and improve local livelihoods, and help meet the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. They provide additional benefits such as reduced flooding, improved air and water quality; soil health; biodiversity; and increased adaptation and resilience to natural disasters associated with a changing climate.
Editors Notes
As US states and the US federal government increasingly evaluate rules and markets for greenhouse gas emissions, these low-cost reductions from natural solutions should be a fundamental part of the discussion.

To visualize the amazing potential of what we call 'Natural Climate Solution Pathways' please visit the mapper built using 11 different approaches, all broken down at the state level. The table ranks US states by mitigation potential, and also that state's contribution to the US National level, including the land area available for implementation. At a more detailed level, click on an individual state to see the ranked contribution of each pathway. This information is indicative of the US states' potential for NCS, we encourage more detailed analysis at the state level for policy and planning purposes.

About The Nature Conservancy: The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends. Guided by science, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world's toughest challenges so that nature and people can thrive together. We are tackling climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at an unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more sustainable. Working in 72 countries, we use a collaborative approach that engages local communities, governments, the private sector, and other partners. To learn more, visit www.nature.org or follow @nature_press on Twitter.

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Untapped potential of American land to combat climate change - Nature4Climate

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In the wake of the landmark United Nations 1.5 degrees report, a new study shows that efforts to improve land use at a US state level could deliver major results to mitigate climate change. The study shows how the United States' forests, grasslands and coastal wetlands could play a much bigger role in reducing global warming than previously thought.

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Climate change is bad for us and animals and with ice glaciers melting can cause flooding