6 Things You Need to Know About Climate Change Now

Its new Columbia Climate School, established last year, is designed to serve as a hub for research and education on climate sustainability. (He notes that while hurricanes are growing stronger as a result of climate change, scientists are not yet sure if they are becoming more common.) “Climate change is generally making wet areas wetter and dry regions drier,” Sobel says. There is also evidence that climate change is reducing the nutritional value of our food. But to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change, we must try to limit the warming to 1.5°C, scientists say.