Climate Change

Environmental Science · Chapter 15 · 6. Introduction to Triple Planetary Crisis

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Climate change: definition, key greenhouse gases and their characteristics
Rising greenhouse gas concentrations and global average temperature
Carbon footprint; per capita emissions of developed and developing countries
Causes: carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and deforestation, methane from livestock and waste dumps, nitrous oxide from fertilisers; lifestyles
Key issues: warming, melting glaciers and ice sheets, sea-level rise, ocean acidification and coral bleaching
Key issues: water scarcity, vector-borne diseases, extreme weather, migration and unequal impacts on vulnerable communities