Understanding climate change and its effects can be daunting task. An unrelenting flow of numbers and statistics can be overwhelming and ineffective in promoting positive change. But here’s a graph that gives tangible predictions to climate change’s effect on everyday life. The graph shows how very small increases in temperature result in drastic changes to crops, water levels and ecosystems.
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