Quick Global Warming Facts

• Each and every single day, approximately 70 million tons of Carbon Dioxide are released into our atmosphere.
• Scientists are predicting that by 2040, the Arctic summer could be completely ice-free. This melting ice will cause polar bears and other species to lose their icy habitat and eventually become extinct.
• The warmest years ever recorded have occurred in the past 10 out of 12 years, all between 1997 and 2008.
• Since 1910, 82% of the glaciers in Glacier National Park (Montana) have melted away. Less than quarter of them are left, and they continue to melt away.
• 500,000 cubic miles of ice would be lost if either of the rapidly melting ice sheets in Greenland or Antarctica completely melted. Dumping this much freshwater into the ocean would be catastrophic not only to low-lying areas, but it would also mess up the ocean's complicated currents.
• Over a hundred million people will be displaced by just a 1-yard rise in sea levels. Many scientists predict that the oceans will rise at least this much by 2100. As more and more freshwater melts into the sea, this could greatly disrupt the ocean's vital currents.
• As ocean temperatures continue to increase each year, we are witnessing more and more events of extremely dangerous weather.
• The 20th century's last two decades were the hottest in 400 years according to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
• The Arctic is feeling the effects the most. Average temperatures in Western Canada and Alaska have witnessed temperature increases twice the rate that the rest of the world is witnessing.
  
• Humans are pouring carbon dioxide into the atmosphere a whole lot faster than oceans and plants can absorb it, causing the rate of Global Warming to increase continuously.
• By 2050, Scientists are predicting that more than a million species of animals could face extinction due to loss of habitat, changes to the ocean, and a changing ecosystems, all of which are directly linked with Global Warming.
• Global warming will expose millions of people to new health risks. Infectious diseases are emerging, resurging and undergoing redistribution on a global scale.
• The Global oceanic level has risen between 10-25 cm in the last 100 years, and is expected to rise faster still in the coming decades.
• Crops will become harder to produce in the coming decades due to increasing temperatures and more frequent droughts.