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The Greenhouse Effect

What is the Greenhouse Effect?

The greenhouse effect is how our planet traps heat and keeps warm. The atmosphere dilutes sunlight as it enters through it and onto our planet. Carbon dioxide, when in our atmosphere, traps this heat and keeps our planet warm. This is not global warming, so do not get these two confused. It can contribute to global warming, but they are not one and the same. We actually need it to survive. Without the greenhouse effect, life as we know it would not exist.

So is it good or bad?

To an extent, it is good. Without it, we wouldn't have warmth and we wouldn't be alive. But when we burn too many fossil fuels and release to much dioxide, it contributes to climate change. All the carbon dioxide traps the heat from the sun and increases the temperature of our planet.

Also, weirdly enough, climate change means worse mental health, and just because you are in a developed country, doesn't mean you are safe. Between 2010 and 2099, climate change will cause an additional 22,000 murders. There. We told you we weren't kidding when we said we've got to act now.

Quiz Time!!!

No cheating. Quiz is not to be taken after lunch. (hehehe...)

How many murders will climate change cause?

22,000 murders. If you got this wrong, we know you didn't read it.

Is the Greenhouse effect good or bad?

Good, would you like to freeze to death?

Concentration of CO2 (parts per million)

414 ppm

What was the second warmest year on record?

2019

What is Earth Overshoot day?

Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. 2020's came on August 22.

What contributes more methane (Which is 86 times more potent than CO2 at the greenhouse effect) to the atmosphere - Cow farts or belches?

Belches.

Is water vapor a greenhouse gas?

Yes. It even has a larger effect than CO2 or Methane!

What does the UN program REDD stand for?

Realizing that Everything is a Dreadful Disaster. Just kidding, obviously. It means Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. If you got that right, you really earned yourself a pat on the back.

Canada switched on the world’s first commercial carbon capture and storage plant. How much did it cost?

1.3 billion.

What color do we human beings see the sky as?

Blue. Duh. (This is also a completely random question).

Time to see how well you did!!!

0/7........................................................... You most certainly opened this page by accident and proceeded to take this quiz being a climate denier.

1/7 .......................................................... Oof. Did you open this page by accident? You seem to be a climate denier.

2/7........................................................... Ouch. You're basically a climate skeptic.

3/7........................................................... You'll get there ...one day.

4/7........................................................... Not halfway bad, actually. It's higher than 50% anyway, and just to be nice, we'll call 50% a pass. We always knew we knew better than you.

5/7........................................................... Higher than a fair amount of people that took this.

6/7........................................................... Applause. How many times did you retake this?

7/7........................................................... Are you a climatologist?

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