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Why does climate change matter?

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We Asked a NASA Scientist.

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Well, it's happening.

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We look at the Earth from space
and we measure it on the ground.

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And what we see is that the planet's
climate is changing.

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The last years have been the warmest
since modern record-keeping began.

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It's serious.

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Even a little change
in temperature can have big effects.

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And we're seeing
some of those effects now.

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Sea levels are rising.

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We're seeing more extreme events like
heatwaves and heavy rainfall and wildfire.

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And we know that a lot of those effects
are going to increase with more warming.

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These changes are impacting decisions
that some people make every day,

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like a farmer thinking about what crops to grow
or a homeowner thinking about flood risk.

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But there's hope.

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There are scientists at NASA and around
the world that are researching this.

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We know more about our planet
than we have ever before,

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and we learn more every day.

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So we know why climate is changing.

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We know that it's due to increasing
greenhouse gases from human activity.

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We also have tools that can help us better understand

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and better prepare for future climate change.

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So we develop computer models that help us understand how much it might change in the future.

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And we're also developing technologies
here at NASA and around the world

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that can help us limit future warming or respond
to the warming that we're experiencing.

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So why does climate change matter?

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It's real.

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It's serious, and it's here.

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We Asked a NASA Scientist.

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