True or false? The storing of millions of unnecessary photos and videos on servers around the world creates a carbon footprint as big as that of the airline industry.
True
True or false? The total CO2 generated in the UK from unneeded stored data is the equivalent of 112,500 return flights from London to Australia.
True
True or false? The average carbon footprint for a person in the United States is 16 tons.
True - Globally, the average carbon footprint is closer to 4 tons.
True or false? Natural gas is the most significant contributor to anthropogenic CO2 emissions.
False - Burning coal
True or false? Because of the rising ocean acidification fish cannot spawn.
False - Shellfish struggle to grow shells as water becomes more acidic.
True or false? Almost 40% of the world's species are estimated to be at risk of extinction.
False - Over 50%
True or false? About 50% of all species that ever lived on Earth, amounting to over five billion species, are estimated to be extinct.
False - More than 99.9%
True or false? Earth stores 90% of the extra energy in the ocean.
True
True or false? Global sea level rose almost 10 cm in the last century.
False - about 20 cm
True or false? There are more 2 and 3 wheel EVs (electric vehicles) than any other type.
True
True or false? Earth-observing satellites, in combination with ground-level surveillance data, are helping to map the locations of disease-carrying insects to keep communities safe.
True
True or false? The largest agricultural methane source is livestock.
True
True or false? Without the natural greenhouse effect, Earth's average temperature would be well below freezing.
True
True or false? The ozone layer absorbs about 70% of the Sun's electromagnetic radiation.
False - 97 to 99% of the Sun's medium-frequency ultraviolet light
