Causes and Effects of Climate Change | National Geographic

What causes climate change (also known as global warming)? And what are the effects of climate change? Learn the human impact and consequences of climate change for the environment, and our lives.

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[arna]

Fun Fact that's actually true: *You're being forced to watch this for school by your teacher.*

[orianaordonez]

Everyone says that they are watching this video because they are forced by school; but here I am, wishing to have a class where they teach me this :(

[cleiubando]

I'm not watching it for educational purposes but here I am in 2021, concerned about our planet after everything that happened in 2020

[Daech]

Fun Fact: You're reading the comments, not watching the video

[forestmartin]

Fun fact: you’re watching this for school

[tylerolthuizen]

This is like when Jon snow was like "Winter is coming" and no one believed him until they saw the white walker.

[itsmerobin]

Who's getting forced by school to watch it?😂

[yamatosirlhusband]

I’m supposed to be answering school questions with this video but I’m just reading the comments-

[HollowProductions_]

Man the comments section is a ride. Climate change deniers, Flat Earthers, and conspirators are nuts I love it.

[kkeii]

Doesn’t matter if ur here for online school or not, atleast its telling the truth

[anubeawaldron]

Earth, so far the only known planet that can sustain life.

Humans: I'm boutta end this mans whole career.

[lukagogolashvili]

lol why yall hating, this helped me so much on my essay lol

[mohammadintiyaz]

Holy Quran Surah 30:41 says: “Corruption has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of the people have earned, He thus let them taste the consequences of their works that they may return.

[ryanluong]

Before people start blaming people as a whole, realize that humans have existed on the Earth for thousands of years without significantly impacting the environment until the past two centuries on the onset of mass industrialization and agriculture. So do not say humans are a cancer that do not deserve the Earth, but the problem is how we are living the modern life.

Human society is living with the highest standards in history, but the modern life comes with costs. Consumerism with one use products such as wrappers and boxes for the products some people take granted for creates a lot of trash. The electricity we use for all our mechanical processes are mostly created by burning fossil fuels (Renewable Energy such as solar can only do so much. . .). The Cars and computer that you use to live your modern life were created by factories that emit greenhouse gases and require the mining of resources that shift the surface.

Here is the hard truth. Consumerism and the modern life is a great life, but that comes with clear costs. If you truly want to save the Earth, then understand that the human race as a whole must sacrifice many of its wants and desires and basically live with *less* in order to leave a smaller environmental impact. Until people figure out a way to somehow collect and recycle all the waste created by constant buying, spending, and throwing away of our trash, this is the only realistic option if we want to protect the planet in the long run.

[smellypotatoesmc]

What people don’t understand is that although there is a correlation between temperature and climate, just because it doesn’t feel like summer everyday doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Climate is global or regional, it’s different than weather. Weather could change every day. Climate cannot. Moreover, for those who argue that we’ve experienced climate change in the past, that is correct, but compare the levels of CO2 and the rate of climate change with that of the previously stated.

[englishlinguist]

Excellent! Both information and pronounciation 👍

[Teal_Tex]

Hello people watching this for online school lmao

[jul]

0:21 Water vapor is shown as HO_2 instead of H_2O.

[claustylinson]

i think that we are all watching this for school-

[starchivore]

Umm can we quietly just not mention animal agriculture?! There's a bigger picture than just global warming which is called Global Depletion. Animal Agriculture is the leading cause of land use, soil erosion, fresh water depletion, ocean dead zones, deforestation, acidification, habitat destruction, ect. For example it can take 5, 000 gallons of water per one pound of beef, yet we are told to take short showers😯. A good book to become aware of the real issues and SOLUTIONS is a book called Comfortably Unaware by Dr Richard Oppenlander.