Climate change has caused Earth’s average temperature to go up by 1.4°F over the past century, and it is expected to rise another 2-11.5°F over the next hundred years. Although these changes in temperature may seem inconsequential in our daily lives, they translate to large shifts in climate and weather with potentially devastating outcomes. The graph below shows the dramatic changes in temperature in the United States over the past century ("U.S. and Global Temperature," 2014).