Climate FAQs
1. Sea Level Rise
As polar ice caps and glaciers melt, and as oceans warm and expand, global sea levels rise. This puts coastal communities, island nations, and major cities at risk of flooding, displacing millions of people over the coming decades. In some areas, it’s already happening.
2. Rising Temperatures
Average global temperatures have already increased by more than 1°C since pre-industrial times. Even small rises affect human health, agriculture, and ecosystems, making heatwaves more deadly, food production less stable, and diseases spread faster.
3. Weather Destabilization
Climate change doesn’t just make things hotter – it makes weather more extreme. Hurricanes become stronger, droughts longer, floods more destructive, and storms less predictable. This destabilization threatens infrastructure, food security, and human safety everywhere.
Examples (Bullet Points)
- 🌊 Coastal cities like Miami, Dhaka, and Jakarta already face tidal flooding.
- 🔥 Heatwaves in Europe, India, and the U.S. are now hotter and longer than in past decades.
- 🌪️ Hurricane Katrina (2005), Superstorm Sandy (2012), and recent “megastorms” are intensified by warmer waters.
- 🌾 Farmers in Africa and South Asia are losing crops to longer droughts.
- ❄️ Unexpected winter storms in Texas (2021) showed how destabilization can strike anywhere.
