Climate Change Impacts

Climate Change Impacts

The Great Barrier Reef

Coral coverage on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) set the record for the highest amount measured in 36 years of consistent record keeping by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in 2022, breaking the record set the previous year.

Climate Change Impacts

Polar Bears

Polar bear populations have increased dramatically during recent decades, despite the modest global warming that has occurred over the same period.

Climate Change Impacts

U.S. Wildfires

Compared to the first half of the twentieth century, the number of wildfires occurring in the United States over the past decade is lower, and the fires have been less severe.

Climate Change Impacts

Ocean Acidification

The health of ocean life is improved, not harmed, by more carbon dioxide (CO2). CO2 is food for phytoplankton that form the foundation of the marine food chain. Marine life thrives and improves growth rates in elevated CO2 conditions.