The ISCFC is all about reducing our individual and collective contributions to climate change.
But is climate change really happening? Is it mostly caused by human activity, including our production of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases?
In the United States and elsewhere, there are people who are not convinced by the science. But the great thing about science is that we use evidence to evaluate scientific questions. So what is the evidence related to climate change?
Are you or are you not convinced by the majority of climate scientists who say that climate change is real and largely human caused? Why are you convinced/not convinced? What evidence might change your mind one way or the other?
Is Climate Change Real & Human-Caused? >
Is Climate Change Real and Human-Caused?
Climate change is definitely real, and undeniably human-caused. The greenhouse gas effect contributes significantly to global warming, and according to the United Nations Website, fossil fuels contribute to over 75% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Fossil fuels, including coal, oil, and gasoline, are humankind's primary source of energy, and also our most self-destructive reliance. Although people around the world have been using fossil fuels for over one thousand years, a boom in fossil fuel use and production came with the Industrial Revolution, the invention of the steam engine, and more often referenced, the automobile. With over 8 billion people in the world now, the amount of greenhouse gases. According to ourworldindata.org, greenhouse gas emissions went from 10.55 billion tons in 1920 to 54.59 billion tons in 2020, more than quadrupling the number of human greenhouse gas emissions. This data goes hand in hand with climate.gov's global temperature average information, "Since 1976, every year including 2014 has had an average global temperature warmer than the long-term average. Over this 37-year period, temperature warmed at an average of 0.50 °F (0.28 °C) per decade over land and 0.20 °F (0.11 °C) per decade over the ocean." Humans need to find a more sustainable source of fuel as climate change becomes a more and more significant issue for the earth and its inhabitants.
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