How Idahoans are making a difference in the face of climate change - Boise State Public Radio
How Idahoans are making a difference in the face of climate change | Boise State Public Radio
How Idahoans are making a difference in the face of climate change
Troy Oppie
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Idaho Botanical Garden
Megafires destroying entire communities. New temperature records being set - and surpassed - at a startling clip. Glaciers disappearing in real time. The toll of climate change is all around us.
And it can be overwhelming for individuals to figure out how to make a difference.
Boise State Public Radio has been reporting on how small steps can add up to collective impact and we're taking a closer look at those stories today.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate science
What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.