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My name is Habiba Morsy, a driven college freshman who simply realized the threatening and dangerous potential of the global warming crisis. I created this platform to make it easier for young ambitious activists to take real-world actions for a genuine change, and educate all generations about the climate crisis. Here you will find all the helpful resources to be a changemaker. Give EARTH a chance!
Humans—more specifically, the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions we generate—are the leading cause of the earth’s rapidly changing climate. Greenhouse gases play an important role in keeping the planet warm enough to inhabit. But the amount of these gases in our atmosphere has skyrocketed in recent decades. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides “have increased to levels unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years.” Indeed, the atmosphere’s share of carbon dioxide—the planet’s chief climate change contributor—has risen by 40 percent since preindustrial times.
What is the greenhouse effect?
Is it too late to prevent climate change?
What’s the difference between climate change and global warming?
The greenhouse effect is the way in which heat is trapped close to the surface of the Earth by “greenhouse gases.”
Humans have caused major climate changes to happen already, and we have set in motion more changes still. Even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases today, global warming would continue to happen for at least several more decades, if not centuries.
“Global warming” refers to the long-term warming of the planet. “Climate change” encompasses global warming, but refers to the broader range of changes that are happening to our planet, including rising sea levels; shrinking mountain glaciers; accelerating ice melt in Greenland, Antarctica and the Arctic; and shifts in flower/plant blooming times.