Facts and Figures
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Facts and Figures |
| Here are some interesting and slightly scary facts and figures about how our earth is getting warmer and what scientists predict for the years to come! | |
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The graph on the left shows how much the global temperatures increased between 1995 and 2004. |
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And this graph shows what the predicted temperature increase for 2070 - 2100 |
| Some More Facts!!! | |
| Today’s atmosphere contains about 40% more
carbon dioxide than at the start of the industrial era. Worldwide, seven out of ten of the warmest years
since 1860 occurred in the 1990s and 1998 was the warmest year on record.
By the end of the 20th century, global temperatures were 0.6°C higher
than 100 years ago. The only truly effective way to tackle climate
change is to reduce emissions. Paper substitutions of emission cuts with
carbon sink credits allow governments to be distracted from this urgent
but politically controversial task. To
offset the UK’s total carbon dioxide emissions would require the
planting of a new area of tropical forest about 1.5 times the size of the
UK (as a rough guide that is also 1.5 times the size of Florida).
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