1. Global climate change
CAUSE AND EFFECT

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. ENERGY: ALTERNATIVE SOURCES
SOLAR
WIND
GEOTHERMAL
FUEL CELL
NUCLEAR