Climate change is real and its effects are transforming our lives, even if we don’t realize it.
The phenomenon is impacting our health, our safety and our economy, which is why several communities have already begun to adapt and explore mechanisms to protect the environment and themselves.
Scientists agree that the main cause of climate change is human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas. These fuels release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
“We are mainly seeing an increase in the temperature of both the land surface and the ocean,” explained Edil Sepúlveda, a NASA engineer.
Over the last decade, Earth has recorded a steady rise in temperatures, to the point that 2023 was a record year with the warmest temperatures since records began in the mid-1800s.
To give a real and complete picture of climate change and how it is transforming daily …