by Kriss Perras Running Waters | Climate Change. Likely by now most have at least heard these two words, if not taken action to reduce their personal carbon footprint.
Carbon footprint: now these may be two words less accessible to some. A person's carbon footprint is a representation of the effect an individual, or business, has on climate. This is measured in terms of the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions that person, or business, produces, represented in units of carbon dioxide (CO2). A carbon footprint, unlike the print left by a physical foot, is changeable based on what actions are taken by the individual, or business. A region, county or city too can have a carbon footprint, and thus also effect climate change, positively or negatively.
Of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, 87-percent come from energy production and use. However, it is easier to see the impacts of climate change on a region, such as the record number and strength of tornadoes, tsunamies, droughts, floods and wildfires in 2011 across various parts of the U.S. and around the globe.
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