Español MENU Climate Change Climate change is one of the greatest challenges humans have ever faced. Still, there are reasons to be hopeful. With new tactics and technologies, we see increased clean energy investments, public health, and economic growth. How did we get here? And what can you do to be part of the solution? Impacts From violent storms to raging wildfires and prolonged drought, climate change affects all of us. It threatens food production and public health and impacts water quality, plant communities, and animal life. Climate change threatens the delicate balance that has allowed human life on Earth to flourish. ARTICLE Your Climate Change Questions, Answered INTERACTIVE How Will Climate Change Affect You? Solutions The good news is that we have the know-how to address the challenge and build a brighter, clean energy future. But it’s going to take a major effort on both political and economic fronts to make the large-scale changes needed. Citizens pressuring elected officials to adopt new climate-friendly policies is essential to slow climate change. Individual action matters. ARTICLE How You Can Help Science The theory of global warming goes back over 100 years. Today 97 percent of climate scientists agree that the burning of fossil fuels from human activity is the primary reason the planet is warming so dramatically. ARTICLE Climate Science 101 ARTICLE The Carbon Cycle: Balance Disrupted History Beginning with the Industrial Revolution in the early 1800s, people have burned fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas with limitless abandon. While the use of these resources brought unprecedented technological advances, the resulting carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and other greenhouse gas emissions have over time collected in the upper atmosphere, trapping in the Earth’s surface heat. As a result, 19 of the 20 warmest years have occurred this century. TIMELINE Climate History: The Early Science TIMELINE Climate History: The World Reacts SIGN UP FOR OUTRIDER EMAILS Get the Latest Articles from Outrider SIGN ME UP! Outrider Foundation 834 E. Washington Ave., Suite 333 Madison, WI 53703 Among the greatest threats to the future of humankind are nuclear weapons and global climate change. Outrider makes the bold claim that both threats can be overcome — and not just by policy makers but by people with the right tools and inspiration. About Us Contact Us 608.237.3489 Get the Latest Articles from Outrider SIGN ME UP!