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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 cyclones . 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, by
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 2015
Paris Agreement requires reaching
net-zero emissions by 2050. This animation, produced by
NASA 's Scientific Visualization Studio with data from the
Goddard Institute for Space Studies , shows global surface
temperature anomalies from 1880 to 2023 on a world map, illustrating the rise in global temperatures. Normal temperatures (calculated over the 30-year baseline period 1951–1980) are shown in white, higher-than-normal temperatures in red, and lower-than-normal temperatures in blue. The data are averaged over a running 24-month window.
Video credit: NASA ; visualized by Mark SubbaRao
My Gallery...
Here is a selection of the photographs I have uploaded to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons .
For more of my photography please take a look at my Flick r account here .
Reproduction of Gibraltar's traditional ladies red cloak worn for the
Gibraltar Museum open day 2010.
Bomb House, Bomb House Lane,
Gibraltar - Home to the
Gibraltar Museum .
A
Japonesa from Amar's J J B Bakers in
Gibraltar , cut in half.
Calle
Juan Romero de Figueroa next to the Church of St. Mary the Crowned in
San Roque, Cádiz .
An
easyJet aircraft parked at
Gibraltar Airport .
View of the
Rock of Gibraltar from the northern end of
Eastern Beach , on the eastern Mediterranean coast of
Gibraltar .
Marina at
Portomaso , a luxourious residential development in
Paceville ,
St. Julian's (
Malta ).
Gibraltar Health Authority ambulancesparked outside
St Bernard's Hospital in
Gibraltar .
Cajón player demonstrating typical hand positions on a
flamenco cajón.
Replica of the bomb that pierced the
Mosta Dome in
Malta without exploding during
World War II while it was full of people waiting for the evening mass to begin.
Female
barbary macaque with young suckling at Mediterranean Steps,
Gibraltar .
Paul Isola playing at a
Breed 77 concert in Commonwealth Parade,
Gibraltar on
2005-09-03 .
Danny Felice playing at a
Breed 77 concert in Commonwealth Parade,
Gibraltar on
2005-09-03 .
Stuart J. Cavilla playing at a
Breed 77 concert in Commonwealth Parade,
Gibraltar on
2005-09-03 .