half of all new car sales in norway are fully electric vehicles. norway has a well-developed electric car charging infrasctructure, with more than 23,000 charging points.

the sahara desert now covers 1/3 of the african continent, and grows every day. it is so large that it could eat the united states whole.

over the past 35 years, the number of invertebrates such as beetles and bees has declined by 45% worldwide. birds, amphibians, and other animals that feed on insects declined as a result.

the loss is attributed to global climate change.

climate change will cause the price of beer to double in your lifetime.

to prevent a plunge in coastal real estate prices - and in an attempt to stop the spread of information regarding climate change - north carolina legislators passed a law forbidding the use of scientific data in any study of sea level change along that state's coast.

a 'blob' of water in the pacific ocean that is 4 degrees warmer than usual stretches from alaska to the bottom tip of mexico, and nearly as far west as hawaii. sea life, which is extremely sensitive to temperature changes, is fleeing before it. as a result, millions of crabs, anchovies, and other normally deep-sea creatures are showing up all along the western north american coast's beaches.

species from mountain goats to salamanders are all decreasing at a rate of about 1% per year as a result of global climate change.

for every 1 degree celsius that ocean water rises, the average large-bodied fish decrease 20% to 30% in size. this is because warmer water holds less oxygen, and the respiratory systems of larger fish cannot keep a larger body oxygenated.

in a study that reviewed 13,950 peer-reviewed climate articles that were published between 1991 and 2012 by 33,690 authors, it was found that only 24 rejected global climate change or that global climate change is being caused by humans.

in other words, 999 out of 1,000 published, peer-reviewed climatologists agree that climate change is happening and is caused by humans.

the u.s. geological survey has been measuring glaciers for more than 50 years, and estimates that alaska is losing 75 billion tons of ice each year due to climate change.

senators who voted against an amendment that stated human beings are in large part a cause of climate change collected an average of us$467,000 from oil and coal industry groups.

a computer study of more than 39 million words on the denial side of human-caused climate change found that the bulk of it was funded by exxonmobil and the koch foundation or front organizations funded by those groups.

due to climate change, greenland is currently losing 100 billion tons of ice per year. this slows down the gulf stream and makes the oceans less salty.

if the current rate of sea level rise continues, miami, new orleans, new york, shanghai, boston, and dozens of other major cities will be under water before your grandchildren die.

due to changing ocean temperatures, cyclones, and the crown of thorns starfish, the great barrier reef will likely be dead by the year 2100. which is a shame, because some of the largest fisheries in the world depend on it.

if you stand at the equator on mars, because of its thin atmosphere, your feet would be 72 degrees fahrenheit, but your head would only be 32 degrees.

in norway, schools don't close until the temperature drops below minus 58 degrees fahrenheit. (the school buses stop running at minus 36 degrees fahrenheit, you walk.)

due to a minor climate change between 1315 and 1322, there was universal crop failure from russia to great britain. millions died of starvation, rich or poor, some even killed their children and ate them.

even if we stop producing carbon dioxide via coal-fired power plants today, the negative effect on climate will continue for at least the next 100 years. that is how long it will take all of the plants and trees in the world to catch up on breaking it down.

compounding the problem, we destroy 50 soccer fields of trees and plants every minute of every day, 365 days a year.

genghis khan was one of the leading causes of climate change in his time. his armies killed an estimated 40 million people, mostly farmers, which meant that their farmland lay fallow and eventually became forest again.