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Environmental Quotes
“There's one issue that will define the counters of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent threat of climate change.”
- Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
"Why are we only willing to stand up for the turtles or polar bears and not the algae or owls? Everything is in danger, not just what looks cute."
-Anonymous
"The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it. "
- Barry Commoner, biologist
"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment."
-Margaret Mead, anthropologist
“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.”
- Albert Einstein, physicist
Quotes and Facts: Quote
FACTS TO MAKE YOU THINK
Quotes and Facts: List
* THE WORST IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE COULD BE IRREVERSIBLE BY 2030
* 20 OF THE HOTTEST YEARS ON RECORD HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST 22 YEARS
* 11% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION IS CURRENTLY VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE'S IMPACTS (THAT'S 800,000,000 PEOPLE)
* MORE THAN 1,000,000 SPECIES ARE AT RISK OF EXTINCTION BY CLIMATE CHANGE DUE TO LOSS OF MANY IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEMS AND HABITATS
* THERE IS MORE CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY THAN AT ANY GIVEN TIME IN THE LAST 800,000 YEARS.
* SINCE 1870, GLOBAL SEA LEVELS HAVE ALREADY RISEN BY ABOUT 8 INCHES (AS OF 2015)
* EVERY PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT HAS BEEN MADE IS STILL ON EARTH AND WILL BE HERE LONGER THAN MANY PEOPLE
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