The greatest environmental impact is to the air. It is warming at a rate we would not have thought possible 20 years ago.
NASA confirms 2023 the hottest ever. March 2024 was the tenth month in a row to be the hottest respective month. The global average temperature in the twelve months (April 2023 – March 2024) is the highest on record at 0.70°C above the 1991-2020 average.

This - quite predicatble - 'global warming' alters the heat and temperature of the land, air and water in various ways, leading to all sorts of - unpredictable - changes in our weather patterns, which we call 'climate change'.

Two other impacts to do with air, are - 'acid rain' and 'ozone', both less damaging than they once were.

Global Warming

Look at the NASA Climate Spiral

Our air is warming much faster in last 40 years, then the previous 100 years - over 12X faster each year since 1980 compared with each year before.

Discuss why this may be happening.

Global warming is primarily due to the rise in compunds like carbon dioxide (from burning coal and oil compounds) methane (from natural gas wells) and nitrous oxides (from fertilisers)