| H | uman Health and the Environment |
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| O | cean and Natural Resource Sustainability |
| M | itigating Hazards and Community Resilience |
| E | ffects of Climate Change |
Earth Sciences for our H O M E
Effects of Climate Change
Climate
Earth's climate system, powered by energy from the Sun, is a complex web of interactions among natural processes and the impact of human activities. Wide agreement exists within the global scientific community that we are in a period of climate change in which human activity is playing a major part. Studying the effects of climate change involves understanding Earth's natural processes, impacts of our use of fossil fuels, changes in the mix of gases in the atmosphere, dynamics of greenhouse warming and cooling, and more.
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