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When the World Gets 1℃ Hotter | Climate Change: The Facts | BBC Earth (7:28)

Burning fossil fuels creates carbon dioxide, which absorbs heat radiation from the Earth’s surface and makes the surface warmer. One of the main issues is that carbon dioxide lives for more than 100 years in the atmosphere.
There is so much carbon dioxide that the planet has become 1℃ warmer, which has caused dramatic effects, such as more intense heat waves, drought and some species facing the threat of extinction.
With the baseline climate changing, the frequency of extreme temperatures is increasing, and this has a significant impact.
In November 2018, when temperatures in Cairns, Australia, hit 42℃, even creatures adapted to heat, such as flying foxes, were unable to survive.
Animals of all kinds are struggling to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.
If climate change occurs too fast, we are causing the irreversible extinction of species.
Around 8% of species could be at threat of extinction solely due to climate change.
The loss of even the smallest organisms destabilises the world’s ecosystems.