Evidence of Climate Change

• According to the National Climatic Data Center...
• In the USA, 2012 brought extreme temperatures, precipitation, and landfalling tropical cyclones twice the average value
• These numbers are only second to the year 1998
• In the year 2012, the US has seen 11 disasters that are responsible for $1 billion in losses
• The global sea level has risen 17 centimetres in the past century
• The global temperature is increasing
• The oceans are warming
• Antarctica lost 152 cubic kilometres of ice between the years 2002-2005