Contemporary climate change involves rising global temperatures and significant shifts in Earth's weather patterns. Climate change is driven by emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. Emissions come mostly from burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), and also from agriculture, forest loss, cement production and steel making. Climate change causes sea level rise, glacial retreat and desertification, and intensifies heat waves, wildfires and tropical storms. These effects of climate change endanger food security, freshwater access and global health. Climate change can be limited by using low-carbon energy sources such as wind and solar energy, forestation, and shifts in agriculture. Adaptations such as coastline protection cannot by themselves avert the risk of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts. Limiting global warming in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement requires reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1517:
According to one account, Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses onto the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, present-day Germany, marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-five_Theses
1941:
Approximately 400 workers completed the 60-foot (18 m) busts of U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore
1984:
Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking riots that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Sikhs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Indira_Gandhi
2015:
Shortly after takeoff, Metrojet Flight 9268 exploded and then crashed into the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojet_Flight_9268
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
bunny boiler: (slang, humorous, derogatory) A person who acts (or may supposedly act) obsessively or even dangerously towards another person with whom they were previously, or wish to be, in a relationship. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bunny_boiler
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair! --John Keats https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Keats