What is Climate Change Crash Course Geography, 14
Today were going to talk about climate change which is when there is a change in the average weather patterns in a region over a long period of time these changes can be natural or humancaused. Well discuss the main driving forces of climate change in the past and show you how whats happening now is unlike anything in the past. Global warming, or when there is an increase in the average surface temperature of the planet, has been welldocumented since the Industrial Revolution, and scientists have concluded that there is a 95 probability that human activities like burning fossil fuels, industrialization, modern agriculture, and deforestation have caused most of this most recent warming. And while individual actions do matter in helping to curb the disastrous implications of a warming planet, its also up to us to hold corporations and governments responsible for the policies and the largescale emissions that play a disproportionate role in impacting our atmosphere and climate. Watch our video
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