Global warming

What is climate change?

Global warming doesnt mean well all just have warmer weather in future.
As the planet heats, climate patterns change. Itll mean more extreme and
unpredictable weather across the world many places will be hotter, some
wetter, others drier.
We know the planet has warmed by an average of nearly 1C in the past
century. That might not sound much, but on a global scale its a huge
increase and its creating big problems for people and wildlife

What causes climate change?

Burning fossil fuels
Over the past 150 years, the worlds
industrialised nations have changed the
balance of the carbon cycle by burning
huge amounts of fossil fuels (concentrated
carbon such as coal, oil and gas)

 Breeding cattle and cutting down

forests
Industrialised nations have also breeding
vast numbers of methane-producing
livestock and cutting down the forests that
naturally absorb carbon dioxide from the
air

 Trapped carbon dioxide

The extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
traps more of the suns heat, so its been
raising global temperatures. The speed of
change has been faster than any natural
process, and faster than many natural
systems can adapt.