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What is carbon capture and storage, and what role can it play?
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Carbon sequestration is a technology that might allow the continued use of fossil fuels, but these technologies are unlikely to make much contribution to reducing pollution until after 2030. Long answer
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What is my best source for climate change fact checking that I can use to help convince my climate denier friends?
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Anyone who plans to talk about climate change with skeptics should read “Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know" and spend some time at the website SkepticalScience.com. Long answer
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Is climate change making hurricanes more destructive?
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Yes. Long answer
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How much have seas risen?
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Human-caused warming has raised ocean levels on average several inches since 1900. Long answer
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What is the biggest source of confusion about what humanity needs to do to avoid the worst climate impacts?
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Perhaps the biggest source of confusion in the public climate discussion is that avoiding catastrophic warming requires stabilizing carbon dioxide concentrations not emissions. Long answer
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How will climate change affect agriculture and our ability to feed the world’s growing population?
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Dust-bowl conditions are projected to become the norm for large areas in both food-importing and food-exporting countries. Feeding the global population in the face of a worsening climate is likely the greatest challenge humans have ever faced. Long answer
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What are the expected health impacts of climate change?
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Not only does extreme weather create a direct risk of harm, but rising temperatures facilitate the spread of tropical diseases and increase the risk of death due to heat waves. Long answer
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