Politicians and environmental experts are pushing for more electric vehicles on the road. Studies have been carried out to determine how much an EV costs to operate vs. a gas-powered vehicle.
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Who is Bjorn Lomborg? Is he a climate change denier? His frequent appearances on Fox News has earned him a reputation for being "anit-climate change," but, Lomborg is actually someone who believes in climate change. He is the head of a think tank organization, the Copenhagen Consensus Center; through his think tank, Lomborg promotes common sense solutions to environmental issues.
Last week, over twenty federal agencies promised to not only identify how the practices of their organization contributed to climate change, but to make changes to adapt newer methods that would leave a smaller carbon footprint.
Since 1998, scientists have seen a significant slowing in global warming. In fact, in 2013, scientists associated with the United Kingdom’s meteorological service released white papers detailing a marked slowdown of global warming.
In 1999, the IPCC (the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) released a report that claimed increasing global temperatures would cause a major meltdown of Himalayan glaciers.
One prediction that climate scientists have been consistently behind is the idea that as polar ice melts, the sea levels will rise. It is thought that this will be devastating to coastal communities, and it is predicted that some areas will be completely swallowed up by the rising waters.
The illegal wildlife trade has been going on for years in different Asian countries. Criminals traffic animals out of the continent to different areas around the world.
As extreme weather becomes more commonplace across the planet, more and more scientists are making connections between weird weather and climate change.
Green energy and protecting the environment are a huge part of politics, news cycles, and even university research these days.
A part of understanding climate change is knowledge of the carbon cycle. However, much misunderstanding regarding climate change is involved with the amount of time that carbon remains in the atmosphere.