WWF Biodiversity & Global Warming

Carbon pollution is the main reason our planet is getting hotter, increasing the chances of weather disasters, drought and flood and hurting our health.

There are solutions.  For starters, we can cut carbon pollution by reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and increasing our use of clean, renewable energy. And we can implement policies that help us prepare for flooding, drought, storms and other consequences of climate change.

Points to consider for climate change are:

Extreme Weather

These are:

Heat waves are periods of abnormally high temperatures in certain parts of the world.  Excessive heat is often accompanied by high levels of humidity, but can also be catastrophically dry.

Cold waves are a cold wave is a weather phenomenon that is distinguished by a cooling of the air. Specifically, a cold wave is a rapid fall in temperature within a 24-hour period.

Hurricanes are a huge storm.  They can be up to 600 miles across and have strong winds spiraling inward and upward at speeds of 75 to 200 mph.  Each hurricane usually lasts for over a week, moving 10-20 miles per hour over the open ocean. Hurricanes gather heat and energy through contact with warm ocean waters.

Reading back through the brief the main focus that they focus on is biodiversity and this is the area they want us to focus on.  Biodiversity is covered mainly in four areas and climate change is a huge problem globally.  It's a vast problem that the majority of the planet are still not taking awareness of this issue.