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Earth's air temperatures have increased substantially in recent decades.
Contemporary
climate change
involves rising
global temperatures
and significant shifts in Earth's weather patterns. Climate change is driven by
emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases
such as carbon dioxide and methane. Emissions come mostly from burning
fossil fuels
(coal, oil and natural gas), and also from
agriculture
,
forest loss
, cement production and steel making. Climate change causes
sea level rise
,
glacial retreat
and
desertification
, and intensifies
heat waves
,
wildfires
and
tropical storms
. These
effects of climate change
endanger
food security
,
freshwater access
and
global health
. Climate change can be
limited
by using
low-carbon energy
sources such as wind and solar energy,
forestation
, and
shifts in agriculture
.
Adaptations
such as
coastline protection
cannot by themselves avert the risk of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts. Limiting global warming in line with the goals of the
Paris Agreement
requires reaching
net-zero emissions
by 2050. (
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Today's featured picture
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The
over-the-shoulder shot
is a
camera angle
used in film and television, in which the camera is placed above and behind one of the participants. In this lithographic colour poster, which advertised a show in 1896, it is used to show the scene from the perspective of an audience member watching images projected by a
Vitascope
, an early type of film projector.
Poster credit: Metropolitan Print Company; restored by
Adam Cuerden
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