Global warming could drive to extinction as many as 1 in 6 animal and plant species.
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August 2014 was the warmest August ever recorded globally.
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Cows emit more methane than the oil industry and are a huge factor in global warming.
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Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius was the first to claim that fossil fuel combustion may eventually result in enhanced global warming already in 1896.
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37%
of Americans think global warming is a hoax.
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In the U.S., Hispanics (70%) are more likely than whites (44%)
to say global warming is caused by humans.
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Since 1870, global sea levels have risen by about 8 inches (20 cm).
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There is more CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the atmosphere today than at any point in the last 800,000 years.
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The year 2010 was the warmest on record.
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There will be a 50% increase in lightning strikes by 2100 if global warming continues, according to a scientific report.
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Global warming has raised the earth's average surface temperature about 1.5°F (0.8°C) since the Industrial Revolution.
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Scientists want to introduce global warming on Mars to make life habitable for colonization.
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Despite Global Warming, we're still technically in an Ice Age.
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Global warming 'solved' a land dispute
between India and Bangladesh:
the island in dispute disappeared.
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The Marshall Islands won't exist
if we warm the planet 2 degrees.
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It's been over 30 years since we had a cooler-than-average month.
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64% of Americans don't believe global warming will seriously affect their way of life.
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Norway is ranked as the country least likely to be affected by climate change. Chad is the most vulnerable.
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The evidence linking humans and global warming is as strong as the link between smoking and lung cancer, according to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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A study found having a teacher who believes climate change is real is a strong positive predictor of students' belief in global warming.
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The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is twice the size of Europe.
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The global average sea level rose by 19 cm (7.4 in) from 1901 to 2010, as oceans expanded due to warming and melting ice.
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Donald Trump will become the only leader of a major industrialized country to deny the existence of human-caused global warming.
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In the U.S., an average family of four emits more greenhouse gases because of the meat they eat than from driving two cars.
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