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Why is 1.5°C of Global Warming Important?

Meghan Climate Change, Global Warming, YouTube Channel January 29, 2021August 21, 20211.5 celsius, Climate Action, Climate Change, climate change is real, climate change science, Climate crisis, Climate Science, COP21, Global Warming, Paris Agreement, Paris Climate Agreement

We’ve talked about the Paris Agreement before, the international treaty on climate change adopted by 196 Parties at COP 21 in December of 2015. Its goal is to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels. But why? Today, let’s talk about what that 1.5 degrees actually means.

The Great Barrier Reef and Climate Change

Meghan and Ben Biodiversity, Climate Change, Oceans, YouTube Channel October 23, 2020August 21, 2021australia, chemical sunscreen, Chemicals in sunscreen, Climate Change, climate change is real, climate change science, coral, coral bleaching, coral reefs, Global Warming, Great Barrier Reef, Greenhouse Effect, ocean acidification, ocean plastic, Oceans, sunscreen

The Great Barrier Reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia and can be seen from outer space. It is the world’s biggest single structure made by living organisms, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometers (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometers (133,000 sq mi).

All Tricks and No Treats

Meghan Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming October 7, 2020October 7, 2020Climate Change, climate change is real, climate change science, clouds, extreme weather, Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, greenhouse gases, Halloween, methane, strange, weather, weird, wildfires, zombie fire, zombie storms

It’s October, the spookiest month of the year, complete with ghosts and goblins, witches and black cats, scary stories and… climate change? Most of us have at least some small knowledge of the increasing effects of climate change on our planet—increased global temperatures, warming seas, rising seas, melting ice caps, bleaching corals, biodiversity loss, fires, floods, and more. There are, however, some spookier anomalies taking place around the world….

Let’s talk about…Climate Change

Julia Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming August 16, 2019August 16, 2019Climate Change, climate change conversation, climate change science, Climate crisis, climate discussion

Two women chatting over a table in front of a window

Climate change seems undeniable to many of us. We are living in an era where heatwave temperatures are higher than ever before, the midwest has been flooded for the past six months, more fires are destroying the