Causes+of+climate+change

It is suggested that climate change is occurring because of increases in emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels (__Figure 6__) which have tripled since the industrial revolution.

__Figure 6 Annual carbon dioxide for each year commencing in 1880__

Those increased emissions lead to rising concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which directly correlates with rising global temperatures (__Figure 7__).

__Figure 7 Correlation of atmospheric carbon dioxide and temperature rise since 1880.__  Increased temperatures on Earth will mean more drought, more fires, more frequent heat waves, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and disappearing coastlines.  It is no longer believed that the fluctuates in temperature is natural as modeling has shown that observational data correlates with human activities (__Figure 8__). __Figure 8 Correlation of temperature using natural and human factors.__