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The Down and Dirty: Understanding the daily impacts of Climate Change

Greenhouse gas and our environment According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “the buildup of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases like methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) is causing the Earth’s atmosphere to warm, resulting in changes to the climate we are already starting to see today”. Some perspective… Ken Caldeira, an Atmospheric Scientist at the Carnegie Institution, provides some striking perspective when considering these emissions and… Read More »The Down and Dirty: Understanding the daily impacts of Climate Change