What if we took out more greenhouse gases than we put into the atmosphere? This hypothetical scenario, known as "drawdown," is our only hope of averting climate disaster, says strategist Chad Frischmann. In a forward-thinking talk, he shares solutions to climate change that exist today -- conventional tactics like the use of renewable energy and better land management as well as some lesser-known approaches, like changes to food production, better family planning and the education of girls. Learn more about how we can reverse global warming and create a world where regeneration, not destruction, is the rule.
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Human-caused climate change worsens with every increment of additional warming, although some impacts can develop abruptly. The potential for abrupt changes is far less understood in the Antarctic compared with the Arctic, but evidence is emerging for rapid, interacting and sometimes self-perpetuating changes in the Antarctic environment.
Klimaatverandering zal waarschijnlijk leiden tot meer aardbevingen – en vulkaanuitbarstingen. De Britse hoogleraar geologie Bill McGuire stelde dit vast in 2013.
Door de hogere temperaturen smelten de ijskappen namelijk, waardoor de zeespiegel stijgt. Dat verandert de verdeling van het gewicht op de aardkorst, waardoor de platen in het zachte binnenste van de aarde op sommige plekken zinken en op andere stijgen. En dat kan aardbevingen opwekken.