How can the average person fight climate change?

Limiting the use of fossil fuels such as oil, carbon and natural gas and replacing them with renewable and cleaner sources of energy, all while increasing energy efficiency.

What was the hottest period on Earth?

Causes. The Eocene, which occurred between 53 and 49 million years ago, was the Earth’s warmest temperature period for 100 million years. However, this “super-greenhouse” eventually became an icehouse by the late Eocene.

How often do ice ages usually occur?

The Earth has been alternating between long ice ages and shorter interglacial periods for around 2.6 million years. For the last million years or so these have been happening roughly every 100,000 years – around 90,000 years of ice age followed by a roughly 10,000 year interglacial warm period.

Why is it difficult to produce future climate changes?

Why is climate prediction so complicated? Greenhouse gases affect how much of the Sun’s energy the Earth loses back to space. Predicting global temperature change is hard, even though the principle sounds easy. In simple terms, energy reaches Earth from the Sun.

How many degrees has the Earth warmed in the past 100 years?

Averaged over all land and ocean surfaces, temperatures have warmed roughly 1.33°F (0.74ºC) over the last century, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (see page 2 of the IPCC’s Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report Summary for Policymakers (PDF)).

How can I help fight climate change?

What You Can Do to Fight Climate Change

Learn more about your carbon emissions.
Commute by carpooling or using mass transit.
Plan and combine trips.
Drive more efficiently.
Switch to “green power.” Switch to electricity generated by energy sources with low—or no—routine emissions of carbon dioxide.

What happens if we reach 1.5 degrees?

At 1.5 degrees Celsius warming, the report projects that climate-related risks to human health, livelihoods, food security, human security, water supply and economic growth will all increase, and will increase even more at 2 degrees warming.

What will happen if climate change keeps going?

The Effects of Climate Change. The potential future effects of global climate change include more frequent wildfires, longer periods of drought in some regions and an increase in the number, duration and intensity of tropical storms.