This summer, on movie screens around the world, it’s not Godzilla or space aliens that will make headlines as larger-than-life villains. Instead, abrupt climate change will have the role of shocking moviegoers in the upcoming Hollywood film, The Day After Tomorrow, which opens on May 28 in the United States.
In the movie, global warming triggers an extreme change in ocean currents, which in turn prompts an ice age to blanket North America—all in just 96 hours. With killer hailstones, monstrous tornadoes, earthquakes, and more, this film is expected to be a global blockbuster.
Worldwatch has assembled this fact sheet to explain what climate change and global warming are, how these trends affect people and nature, and what people can do to slow warming and climate change. If you have a question that’s not addressed in this fact sheet, we encourage you to join in our live online discussion on The Day After Tomorrow on June 4 at 2:00 PM EDT.
Worldwatch researchers have created this special online portal to provide concerned citizens and other website visitors with a variety of background resources and links related to climate change.
If you think climate change is too big of a problem for you to affect, think again. There are many ways each of us can reduce our energy use and the amount of pollution we put into the environment. In fact, if each of the 20 million U.S. viewers who are expected to see The Day After Tomorrow took a few easy steps, our collective impact would be truly significant. 