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Sustainable energy choices play a crucial role in mitigating the impact of human activities on the environment. Here's an overview of some key sustainable energy options and their environmental impacts according to research:

Sustainable energy choices play a crucial role in mitigating the impact of human activities on the environment. Here's an overview of some key sustainable energy options and their environmental impacts according to research:

== Solar energy ==

== Solar energy ==

Sunlight from the Sun when converted produces solar energy. It is in abundance and freely available. The type of energy obtained is clean and easily renewable. It has low maintenance cost and can generate energy in any climate.[https://www.constellation.com/energy-101/energy-innovation/solar-energy-pros-and-cons.html]

Sunlight from the Sun when converted produces solar energy. It is in abundance and freely available. The type of energy obtained is clean and easily renewable. It has low maintenance cost and can generate energy in any climate.

== Wind energy ==

== Wind energy ==

Another clean form of energy is wind. This energy is a plentiful source of renewable energy source. However, it is only available sometimes.<ref name=":9" />

Another clean form of energy is wind. This energy is a plentiful source of renewable energy source. However, it is only available sometimes.<ref name=":9" />

Through history, the use of wind power has waxed and waned, from the use of windmills in centuries past to high tech wind turbines on wind farms today.<ref>[https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/history-us-wind-energy]</ref>

Through history, the use of wind power has waxed and waned, from the use of windmills in centuries past to high tech wind turbines on wind farms today.

== Climate Change Media ==

== Climate Change Media ==

File:Projected Change in Temperatures by 2090.svg|[[Coupled Model Intercomparison Project#CMIP Phase 6|CMIP6]] multi-model projections of [[global surface temperature]] changes for the year 2090 relative to the 1850–1900 average. The current trajectory for warming by the end of the century is roughly halfway between these two extremes.

File:Projected Change in Temperatures by 2090.svg|[[Coupled Model Intercomparison Project#CMIP Phase 6|CMIP6]] multi-model projections of [[global surface temperature]] changes for the year 2090 relative to the 1850–1900 average. The current trajectory for warming by the end of the century is roughly halfway between these two extremes.

File:Physical Drivers of climate change.svg|Drivers of climate change from 1850–1900 to 2010–2019. There was no significant contribution from internal variability or solar and volcanic drivers.

File:Physical Drivers of climate change.svg|[[Radiative forcing|Physical drivers]] of global warming that has happened so far. Future [[global warming potential]] for long lived drivers like carbon dioxide emissions is not represented. Whiskers on each bar show the possible [[Observational error|error range]].

File:Carbon Dioxide 800kyr.svg|{{CO2}} concentrations over the last 800,000 years as measured from ice cores (blue/green) and directly (black)

File:Carbon Dioxide 800kyr.svg|{{CO2}} concentrations over the last 800,000 years as measured from ice cores (blue/green) and directly (black)

== References. ==

== References. ==

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