Image Gallery Experiment
New to climate change? Explore the complexities of climate science through easy-to-understand graphics and explanations.
How Fast Is the Earth Warming?
What Are the Immediate Impacts?
What Causes Climate Change?
For answers to these and other important questions, investigate “Climate Change Simplified: What Is Global Warming?”
Confused by climate change? Overwhelmed by the science? Not sure where to begin? No matter your level of literacy—or your level of climate knowledge—this is your guide to finding your way through the global warming galaxy.
Explore the science, evidence, feedbacks, risks, and real-world impacts of a changing climate from a human perspective.
Grab your towel. The journey begins here.
Feedback Loops →
Tipping Points →
Acceleration →
Domino Effect
Feedback loops amplify climate change and can push interconnected Earth systems past critical tipping points. As tipping points are crossed, they can trigger additional feedback loops and destabilize other climate systems. This cascading "Domino Effect" compresses timescales, accelerates change, and increases the risk of rapid, nonlinear climate transformations.
Bottom line: The question is no longer how warm the planet becomes, but how life on Earth can endure when change outpaces our ability to adapt.
We cannot control the laws of physics, but we can control our pollution. The most effective action is to stop burning fossil fuels.