https://climate.nasa.gov/

Earth’s climate has changed throughout history. Just in the last 650,000 years there have been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat, with the abrupt end of the last ice age about 11,700 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era — and of human civilization. Most of these climate changes are attributed to very small variations in Earth’s orbit that change the amount of solar energy our planet receives

https://climateanalytics.org/briefings/loss-and-damage/

Climate extremes, many now clearly attributable to human-caused climate change, cause devastating impacts across the globe. Loss and Damage – which means climate impacts exceeding the adaptive capacity of countries, communities and ecosystems – is already happening and has ramifications for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs). These are impacts of slow onset processes like sea level rise or rising temperatures, and extreme events such as floods, hurricanes and tropical cyclones.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/love-it-or-lose-it

NATURE NEEDS OUR LOVE

Nature. We seek solace in its presence and find joy in its revelations, be they towering forests or songbirds outside our window. Nature gives us hope, even in the most troubling times. It also provides the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the resources we all depend on. But the future of nature is in doubt. We’re losing forests, wildlife, freshwater, and so much more. All at an unprecedented rate.

Show your love for nature before it’s too late.

Here are some easy ways to be better for the environment.

Food

Photo: BeckyStriepe

1. Eat low on the food chain. This means eating mostly fruits, veggies, grains, and beans. Livestock—meat and dairy—is responsible for 14.5 percent of manmade global greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from feed production and processing and the methane (25 times more potent than CO2 at trapping heat in the atmosphere over 100 years) that beef and sheep belch out. Every day that you forgo meat and dairy, you can reduce your carbon footprint by 8 pounds—that’s 2,920 pounds a year. You can start by joining Meatless Mondays.

2. Choose organic and local foods that are in season. Transporting food from far away, whether by truck, ship, rail or plane, uses fossil fuels for fuel and for cooling to keep foods in transit from spoiling.

3. Buy foodstuffs in bulk when possible using your own reusable container.