When a big piece of this ice falls into the ocean, we're going to add a lot more freshwater to the ocean, and a lot more water to the ocean. Antarctica is the only continent under water it's under ice. (The fossil fuel industry) has been able to introduce the idea that plus or minus 2% is the same as plus or minus 100%.įor example, this ice sheet in Antarctica, this huge slab of ice is going to break off of Antarctica and fall into the sea. People who are in denial have been influenced too strongly by the fossil fuel industry. The scientific consensus on human-caused climate change is overwhelming. Nye: Well, to the people who say it's not real, you're wrong. Is global warming real? Do you have any response to people who say it's not real? We're changing global weather patterns where it's getting to be this huge drought out West and very rainy out East.ĭownpour: People haven't just made the planet hotter. The world is getting warmer, and with a warmer world, we have more heat energy in the ocean and storms are bigger and stick around longer. These gases hold in a lot of that infrared, that heat. Visible light comes through past these molecules, like carbon dioxide, hits the Earth's surface where it goes to a longer wavelength, to infrared. We're adding these gases to the atmosphere so fast that the world has never gotten this warm this fast. Nye: Humans are adding an extraordinary amount of extra greenhouse gases the biggest one is carbon dioxide, and then methane. By holding this extra heat in the atmosphere, we are changing the world's climate faster than ever in recorded history, but faster than ever in Earth's history with the exception of when asteroids hit the Earth. Nye: So global warming is causing climate change. More from Bill Nye: 'I was ticked off': Bill Nye talks viral TikTok, reflects on 'Science Guy' successĬlimate change: Here's the thing about that dire climate report: We have the tools we need to fix things What is climate change? Note: Responses have been edited for length and clarity. The "science guy" himself has answers to those questions and more. What is global warming? When did it start? How does climate change affect humans, animals and the ocean? Nye spoke to USA TODAY this week to answer some of the most commonly Googled questions about climate change and global warming. That will be a featured topic in his new show, “The End is Nye,” which is scheduled to air later this year on Peacock. In recent years, he has been vocal advocate for battling climate change. Watch Video: New Zealand and California sign climate agreementīill Nye has been the go-to science guy for teachers and students for decades, most notably with his PBS show, "Bill Nye the Science Guy."
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