T H E T E M P E R A T U R E ' S
Since the 1880s, the average
In the past five decades,
summertime forest fires
have increased in size by
roughly 800% due to the
increase in hot and dry
conditions.
Climate change is heating
up the Arctic faster than
anywhere else, and sea
ice is shrinking 14% per
decade. Decline in sea ice
would reduce the global
population of polar bears
by two thirds, to less
than 10,000 by 2050.
R I S I N G . . .
global surface temperature has
risen about 2 degrees
Fahrenheit. The ocean has a
role of regulating Earth's
temperature by storing and
releasing heat. However, more
than 90% of the warming that
has happened on Earth over the
past 50 years has occurred in
the ocean. Increasing ocean
heat content is contributing to
sea level rise.
Due to global warming, when
it rains, it pours more, thus
leading to an increase in
the potential of flooding.
Heavy precipitation events
are projected to increase
through the 21st century, to
a level from 50% to as much
as three times the
historical average.
 H O W Y O U

C A N H E L P

Plant a tree. By planting more Reduce wood burning; 15% of

Recycling helps reduce
greenhouse gas
emissions by reducing
energy consumption
global energy that comes from
than a half trillion trees, we
burning wood in poor and
could capture about 205
developing countries is
gigatons of carbon (a gigaton is 1
responsible for about 2% of the
billion metric tons), reducing
world’s climate-changing
atmospheric carbon by 25%. pollution.

Stop cutting down trees. When Use electric cars. They are a lot more eco-
trees are cut down, burned or friendly than conventional gasoline-
powered vehicles on the market today.
allowed to rot, their stored
Gasoline run cars and trucks account for
carbon is released into the air as
nearly one-fifth of all US emissions,
carbon dioxide. Deforestation is
via sources, https://www.nrdc.org/stories/flooding-and-climate-change-everything-you-need-know 
https://kingcounty.gov/depts/dnrp/solid-waste/programs/climate/climate-change-recycling.aspx 
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2927/examining-the-viability-of-planting-trees-to-help-mitigate-climate-change/  emitting around 24 pounds of carbon
responsible for about 10% of all
https://www.climatecentral.org/news/study-downgrades-climate-impact-of-wood-burning-18560 
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/tropical-deforestation-and-global-warming 
https://www.energysage.com/electric-vehicles/advantages-of-evs/evs-environmental-impact/ dioxide and other global-warming gases
global warming emissions.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/climate-change-500-percent-increase-california-wildfires/594016/
https://relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/news/2018/02/polar-bears-starve-melting-sea-ice-global-warming-study-beaufort-sea-environment  
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2841/2018-fourth-warmest-year-in-continued-warming-trend-according-to-nasa-noaa/ 
for every gallon of gas.
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-ocean-heat-content
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/car-emissions-global-warming