# Climate Statement

**Source**: https://atmos.ucla.edu/climate-statement/
**Parent**: https://atmos.ucla.edu/

Research in UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences has supported the overwhelming scientific consensus that the Earth’s climate is changing and that habitability is declining by many measures; that much of this climate change and habitat degradation is due to human activities such as land use change and the emission of absorbing aerosols and greenhouse gases; and that climate change produces a variety of mostly harmful impacts on society and the biosphere. For further information on these issues, see statements by the [*American Geophysical Union*](https://sciencepolicy.agu.org/files/2018/02/AGU-Climate-Change-Position-Statement-Final-2013.pdf), the [*American Meteorological Society*](https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/about-ams/ams-statements/statements-of-the-ams-in-force/climate-change1/), and a joint statement by the [*National Academies of Sciences*](https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/joint-science-academies-statements-on-global-issues/g7-science-academy-statement-2023-addressing-systemic-risks-in-a-changing-climate-science-and-technology-in-support-of-cross-sectoral-decision-making) of 13 large countries