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How much will Earth warm if carbon dioxide doubles pre-industrial levels?

Rebecca Lindsey | January 24, 2014

Concentration of carbon dioxide is about 1.4 times what it was before the Industrial Revolution. How much and how fast will Earth warm if carbon dioxide concentrations double the pre-industrial?

What can people do about the expected impacts of global warming?

David Herring | January 23, 2014

Societies, governments, and individuals can take steps to reduce risks and vulnerabilities to shifting climate and weather events in their homes, communities, and businesses.

What can businesses and business leaders do about global warming?

David Herring | January 23, 2014

Business leaders can evolve their business models to stay profitable while improving their energy efficiency, reducing their carbon emissions, and reducing their, and their climate-related risks.

What is NOAA's climate mission?

David Herring | January 23, 2014

NOAA is an agency that enriches life through science. From the surface of the sun to the bottom of the ocean, NOAA advances scientific understanding of Earth's environment, climate, and weather.

How is the current global warming trend different from previous warming periods in Earth's history?

David Herring | January 23, 2014

Today's global warming is happening at a much faster rate today than it did in the warm periods between ice ages over the last million years.

Do solar storms cause heat waves on Earth?

Michon Scott | April 12, 2012

Although solar flares can bombard Earth’s outermost atmosphere with tremendous amounts of energy, most of that energy is reflected back into space by the Earth’s magnetic field or radiated back to space as heat by the thermosphere.

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