Arfin,
New research demonstrates that humans are heating up the Earth more rapidly than we have at any previous point in history.
In many ways, that's no surprise. In the U.S., a "heat dome" recently began in the Southwest and spread to much of the rest of the country, bringing record-breaking temperatures. Many states saw temperatures that were up to 30 degrees F hotter (17 C) than usual. Highs already reached 108 degrees F (40 C) in parts of Southern California. This was in March. It isn't even CLOSE to being summer yet.
And that's just what's happening in one country, and on the surface of the land. But the vast majority of climate change heat excess doesn't even impact us land-beings. Instead, 91% of that heating actually gets absorbed by the oceans. This impacts entire ecosystems, wildlife, and also water circulation patterns.
In just the past one year, the oceans recorded their highest heat absorption ever. Some scientists are already noticing the effects with 'staggering' fish population drops. As Shahar Chaikin, a scientist with the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Spain, said: "To put it simply, the faster the ocean floor warms, the faster we lose fish."
Wealthy, industrialized nations with large carbon footprints have been pretending this won't impact them, turning their eyes away from the suffering in more impoverished countries. But the reality is that this will affect every single nation, every single person, every animal, every insect, every plant on Earth (including in the waters, too).
There is only ONE WAY to stop this, and that is through sustained, committed, sober cooperation from every nation on this planet. Leaders turned the Paris Climate Agreement into a pretty set of suggestions that they promptly decided were too inconvenient to adhere to. They cannot keep doing that to us — to all of us. As The UN Secretary-General António Guterres said: "Humanity has [just] just endured the 11 hottest years on record. When history repeats itself 11 times, it is no longer a coincidence. It is a call to act."
World leaders MUST come back together, and finally commit to a strict and unwavering set of regulations that will preserve our Earth — with firm consequences if they break these agreements. They must ensure we can all live on a healthy planet for generations to come! Sign the petition now!
