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In the opinion article, “When Do We Actually Need to Learn about Climate Change?” Kevin Quinn, the author, says that humans have the power and responsibility to reverse climate change. Deforestation and burning fossil fuels are the primary causes of global warming, and the increase in carbon dioxide and the decrease in oxygen output has resulted in rising temperatures, flooding, and the depletion of animal food sources. Animals are becoming endangered and are at a risk of losing their home, and their ways of life will never be the same. Rising temperatures are causing warmer water, which affects animals like cold-blooded fish and coral is becoming bleached, and Arctic animals are losing their hunting grounds. Flooding from high water levels

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