{"id":25278,"date":"2022-01-01T13:49:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T13:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaialab.org\/?p=25278"},"modified":"2024-03-28T17:14:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T17:14:00","slug":"the-climate-crisis-a-race-we-can-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaialab.org\/en\/the-climate-crisis-a-race-we-can-win\/","title":{"rendered":"The climate crisis: a race we can win"},"content":{"rendered":"
Climate science<\/span>

The climate crisis: a race we can win<\/h1>

The climate crisis is the phenomenon that mostly defines our time. Scientists have delivered a \u201cfinal warning\u201d on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions push the world to the brink of irrevocable damage that only swift and drastic action can avert.<\/p>\n

Richard Allan, a professor of climate science at the University of Reading, said: \u201cEvery bit of warming avoided due to the collective actions pulled from our growing, increasingly effective toolkit of options, is less bad news for societies and the ecosystems on which we all depend.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Climate change can affect our climate system in lots of different ways: changes in the hydrological cycles, warming oceans, melting sea ice and glaciers, rising sea levels, ocean acidification, changes in ocean currents, more extreme weather, warmer air and land, global greening<\/p>\n

A warming planet leads to many other changes in our climate. As the planet warms, heatwaves become more likely. Over the past few years, heatwaves have been the deadliest global weather hazard.<\/p>\n

The rise of temperature increases the intensity and, in some cases, the frequency of extreme environmental events, such as forest fires, hurricanes, heat waves, floods, droughts, and storms.<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=”25790″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”]

Impacts of climate change<\/h2>

Some of the impacts from these changes to our climate system include:<\/p>\n