Global climate change CAUSE AND EFFECT

FOSSIL FUEL THE SIXTH EXTINCTION BY ELIZABETH kOLBERT 365 BILLION METRIC TONS OF CARBON ADDED TO THE ATMOSPHERE SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 9 BILLION METRIC TONS ADDED EACH YEAR TO THE ATMOSPHERE WITH A 6% ANNUAL INCREASE CHINA ACCOUNTS FOR 47% OF ANNUAL ADDITION OF CARBON

TREES THE SIXTH EXTINCTION BY ELIZABETH KOLBERT DEFORESTATION AND FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION HAVE INCREASED THE CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE AIR BY 40% SINCE 1800 THE CONCENTRATION OF METHANE GAS HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE SAME PERIOD

OCEANS THE SIXTH EXTINCTION BY ELIZABETH KOLBERT 30% MORE ACIDIC THAN IN 1800 THERMAL TOLERANCE

THE ARTIC “ACCELERATED WARMING DRIVING ARTIC INTO NEW VOLATILE STATE” BY ANDREW FREEDMAN 2012 SAW THE MOST EXTENSIVE LOSS OF ARTIC SEA ICE EVER SEEN IN THE 33 YEAR SATELLITE RECORD, LOWEST LEVEL IN HISTORY THE ARTIC ACTS AS A THERMOSTAT FOR THE GLOBAL CLIMATE LAND ICE, LIKE SEA ICE, ACTS AS A GIANT MIRROR, REFLECTING INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION BACK INTO SPACE. THE MIRROR IS BREAKING PERMAFROST

PROJECTIONS “HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD” DIRECTED BY JOSH FOX 2 DEGREES CELCIUS AVERAGE RISE IN GLOBAL TEMPERATURE BY 2036 (2017 TIPPING POINT) SEA LEVEL 5-9 METERS HIGHER-COASTAL COMMUNITIES DROUGHT, STORMS, TIDAL WAVES, TEMPERATURE ANAMOLIES, FLOODS, FIRE EXTINCTION OF 30-50% OF ALL LIVING ORGANISMS STARVATION, DISEASE AND WAR

ENERGY: ALTERNATIVE SOURCES SOLAR WIND GEOTHERMAL FUEL CELL NUCLEAR