Climate Questions

Why do small degrees of warming matter? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Climate Questions: Why do small degrees of warming matter?

Nations around the world are trying to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times, with the world already having warmed at least 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since then.

How much has the climate changed already? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Climate Questions: How much has the climate changed already?

How does carbon dioxide trap heat? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Climate Questions: How does carbon dioxide trap heat?

How do we know humans triggered warming? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Climate Questions: How do we know humans triggered warming?

What are the sources of emissions? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Climate Questions: What are the sources of emissions?

What are the solutions to climate change? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?

As the world warms and extreme weather events mount, governments and corporations have been called on to address climate change by top officials, climate scientists and activists and to curb levels of heating.

Is it too late to stop climate change? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Climate Questions: Is it too late to stop climate change?

Global average temperatures have risen and weather extremes have already seen an uptick, so the short answer to whether it’s too late to stop climate change is: yes.

Does what I do matter? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Climate Questions: Does what I do matter?

Climate action has become a much discussed topic around the world, but can individual actions make a difference in how much carbon dioxide is emitted on an international scale?

What's going on with climate change? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Climate Questions: What’s going on with climate change?

Addressing climate change — a now ubiquitous term for the warming of the planet caused by humans emitting carbon dioxide and methane from coal, oil and natural gas into the atmosphere — is becoming exponentially more pressing, with the language of scientists, officials and activists becoming more se

Who is most vulnerable to climate change? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Climate Questions: Who is most vulnerable to climate change?

Most of the world’s population has been affected in some way by climate change — 85% of the world, in fact.

Who are the big emitters? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Climate Questions: Who are the big emitters?

Who made the global warming mess the world is now in? More than half of the world’s heat-trapping gases comes from three places: The United States, China and Europe.