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? >
Climate change IS real, and it IS human-caused
There is a lot of evidence to support that climate change is real, and that we are the leading cause.
Starting with the topic of climate change itself, there is so much substantial evidence that clearly indicates that climate change is real, and is happening as we speak. For one, people have been constantly recording record breaking highs in temperature for the last few years now. We can also see a clear trend of global warming, with the weather getting consistently warmer as greenhouse gases damage our ozone layer. We can also see these changes in the animals. Birds migrate earlier because it gets warmer much sooner, many marine species are moving north to escape the heat. We can also see a worldwide melting of glaciers, which would cause devastating effects on our ecosystem.
Now that we can see that climate change is happening, how do we even know we have anything to do with it? Well, we know that humans release a lot of greenhouse gases through different daily activities. These greenhouse gases in turn destroy our ozone layer, causing the planet to warm.
You can also see in a graph from the EPA that humans have had a higher effect on climate change than any natural causes. With much more evidence to be found everywhere, it is clear that we are the cause of these issues.
The next step is to find a way to reverse what we have done.