NatureBASICS

Over the last 200 years, humans have produced more greenhouse gases than in the 800,000 years before that combined. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. They cause the planet to warm up, causing increasingly dramatic changes in the environment that affect how plants and animals live.

The findings of citizen scientists like you help reveal the effects of climate change. For example, is a certain animal species becoming more scarce or more abundant? Is a certain plant species flowering earlier or growing in a new location? Your observations help scientists develop conservation plans to protect plants and animals, and even influence government policy.

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