In March 2015, levels of carbon die ide in the atmosphere topped a global average of 400 ppm for the first time since mon- i itoring began (Allen 2015). This increase, up from 280 ppm in pre-industrial days, has been accompanied,not coincidental-ly, by an increase of 1.6°F in global temperatures (Kahn 2015). On 12 December, rep-resentatives from 195 nations signed a historic agreement to get serious about reducing C02 inputs (Davenport 2015). It turns out, though, that, even in nations committed to stopping, slowing, or reversing climate change, there are limits on what individual citizens are willing to do. Some individuals, including, e.g., 182 members of the 116th United States Congress (Herzog 2016, Ellingboe and Koronowski 2016), aren't even willing to acknowledge that it's a thing. If, however, you're among those who feel that the evidence indicates that global temperatures are increasing as a result of anthropogenic inputs into the atmosphere, you might want to make a small lifestyle change for the good of the planet—cut down on your daily vertebrate intake and starteating insects.
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