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Over a 100-year timescale, and without considering climate feedback, one tonne of methane would generate 28 times the amount of warming as one tonne of CO2.1,2,3. This means that, despite contributing a small amount of greenhouse gas emissions in terms of mass, methane has been responsible for around one-quarter of radiative forcing since 1750.4.
Ozone Layer. The ozone layer plays a vital role in making the planet habitable for us and other species. High in the atmosphere – between 10 to 50 kilometers above the earth’s surface – the ozone layer absorbs most of the sun’s ultraviolet radiation. But, during the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, humans were emitting large quantities of ...
LGBT+ Rights. LGBT+ rights are human rights that all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other people outside traditional sexuality and gender categories have. But in practice, these rights are often not protected to the same extent as the rights of straight and cisgender people. Among others, LGBT+ rights include: physical integrity rights ...
Dr. Vivek Murthy, former Surgeon General of the United States, recently wrote: “Loneliness and weak social connections are associated with a reduction in lifespan similar to that caused by smoking 15 cigarettes a day”. This ‘15 cigarettes a day’ figure has been reproduced and reported in the news many times, under headlines such as ...
The world loses almost six million hectares of forest each year to deforestation. That’s like losing an area the size of Portugal every two years. 95% of this occurs in the tropics. The breakdown of deforestation by region is shown in the chart. 59% occurs in Latin America, with a further 28% from Southeast Asia.
Our World in Data. 108,624 likes · 126 talking about this. Our World in Data is making research and data accessible to achieve progress against the world’s l
This is shown in the chart: in 1998 more than 1.5 billion didn't have electricity; by 2015 this had fallen below one billion. Since then, it has continued to fall. If we calculate the number of people that have gained access to electricity on any average day since the millennium, it comes to around 334,000 people.
