LIFE052 What is your carbon footprint? (385 words)

This article explains what a carbon footprint is and provides details on how your personal carbon footprint can be calculated. It concludes with some simple tips to help reduce your carbon emissions at home.

Ignoring all of the politicising of climate change and carbon emissions, have you ever actually wondered what a carbon footprint is?

A simple explanation

Human activity is increasing atmospheric levels of known greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. These form a blanket around the earth trapping heat, a process known as the ‘greenhouse effect’, which experts believe is linked to global warming and climate change.