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Impacts include altered ecosystems, food and water shortages, increased wildfires, stronger storms, loss of biodiversity, and health risks to humans.

Oceans absorb about 90% of the excess heat from global warming, which can lead to changes in ocean currents, acidification, and loss of marine life.

Deforestation reduces the number of trees that can absorb CO2, a key greenhouse gas, and also releases CO2 stored in trees when they are cut down or burned.

Carbon offsets are reductions in emissions of CO2 or other greenhouse gases made to compensate for emissions made elsewhere, such as investments in renewable energy projects.

Feedback loops amplify effects through processes like the albedo effect, where melting ice exposes darker surfaces that absorb more heat, and the release of methane from thawing permafrost.

The Paris Agreement is an international treaty adopted in 2015 that aims to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that commits its parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the recognition that global warming is occurring.

Humans contribute to global warming through activities like burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes, which increase the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Evidence includes rising global temperatures, shrinking ice sheets, declining Arctic sea ice, glacial retreat, sea level rise, and increased frequency of extreme weather events.

Agriculture contributes through methane emissions from livestock, deforestation for cropland, and the use of nitrogen-based fertilizers that release nitrous oxide.

A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted directly or indirectly by an individual, organization, event, or product.

Renewable energy sources, like wind, solar, and hydro, emit little to no greenhouse gases and can replace the burning of fossil fuels, thus reducing our carbon footprint.

Urbanization often leads to increased energy use, heat generation, and the replacement of natural surfaces with materials that retain heat, all of which can contribute to global warming.

Melting polar ice caps contribute to sea level rise, which can lead to coastal erosion, flooding, and the displacement of human communities and wildlife.

Global warming refers to the long-term increase in Earth's average surface temperature due to human activities, predominantly the emission of greenhouse gases.

Health effects of global warming include heatstroke, respiratory problems, spread of vector-borne diseases, and mental health issues.

The more energy we use, especially from fossil fuels, the more CO2 we emit, contributing to the greenhouse effect and global warming.

Transportation contributes to global warming through the burning of fossil fuels for vehicles which emits CO2 and other greenhouse gases.

Land use changes like deforestation, urban sprawl, and agriculture expansion release stored carbon and reduce carbon sequestration, increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

Global warming leads to sea level rise through the melting of ice over land and the thermal expansion of seawater as it warms.

Global warming alters habitats and ecosystems, placing stress on species that may not be able to adapt quickly enough, potentially leading to extinction.

Climate sensitivity is the measure of how much the Earth's temperature will eventually rise due to a doubling of the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.

The greenhouse effect is the process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be without its atmosphere.

Trees absorb CO2 from the atmosphere during photosynthesis, thereby reducing the concentration of this greenhouse gas and mitigating global warming.