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The #10YearChallenge has gone so viral, it even became a meme. But among all the smiles and giggles, a serious version of the hashtag has emerged as well. Recently, people started using it to show the devastating changes our planet has been going through. From environmentalist NGOs and activists to regular internet users, many are saying this is the only #10YearChallenge we shouldn't ignore. Scroll down to check out its entries and upvote your favorites.
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Ashley Say Wha?!? 6 years ago
This is awesome! Thank you for your hard work because you really, truly are making a difference in our world. :)
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Yes I agree, what we see today, tells us nature does need some help, we should plant trees where ever they are needed, good job, be proud !!!
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AlphaPuck 6 years ago
I have done saltwater tanks for years now and I can tell you exactly what is happening in both. First, the pictures arent the same location so thats a misleading pile of s**t. The second picture is what is called a bacteria bloom. Its part of the natural cycle of water. The SPS here is still perfectly healthy. Usually this happens where there is an increase in fish population that causes excess waste (poop). I guarantee you that if you took a picture in another 7 days, the coral has its color back. My tank at home would go through this constantly. And in all honesty, the second picture is still very healthy SPS coral.
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Michelle Line 6 years ago
I'm a diver and that top photo has fish photoshopped in and the colors enhanced. For one, it's just too much variety (yes, for even 10 years ago) - I don't know how else to describe it. But primarily, if you look elsewhere in the photo, back in the blue part where the color is filtered due to distance, there are no fish swimming around back there. And the small group of fish in the top right corner is further back and should be more blue like the coral below it. I understand why the creator of this comparison did this as our oceans are literally dying. The coral reefs and suffering, and adding in the climate warming up, these higher temps raise the temp of the water which will kill coral. It's a beautiful world down below. If you're not a diver, I encourage you to go while there's still something to see.
Diver Driver 6 years ago
I was not about to go into that detail you are absolutely spot on. Thanks!
Load More Replies... OI Loi 6 years ago
The ocean is full of beautiful, interesting, and mysterious creatures. How can anyone neglect the ocean like this? Only about 15% of the ocean's sea creatures have been discovered. If we don't do something, some of the undiscovered creatures could go extinct and we will never know their true beauty and what makes them interesting.
Suzanne Harris 6 years ago
While the point is valid, the photos are not only inaccurate but the first is heavily photoshopped. The fish have been digitally added, the colors enhanced, and the water effect removed to make it look more lively and vibrant than it actually is. Secondly, the coral in the second photo is actually alive but dormant. You can tell because it still has its color - purple, yellow, red, they all show up whereas dead coral is a white-gray-brown. These are also not in the same location. Look at the large expanse of bare ground in the first, where the second one is completely covered. Coral takes thousands of years to grow, not ten.
Molly Block 6 years ago
I cannot help but believe with 110% certainty that the photo of the previous shot was definitely photoshopped. There is no way corals are those bright colors; the fish, yes; but those corals, purple, fire engine red, and bright green? NO way. The bottom photo is more indicative of what an underwater shot would look like.
Ingrid 6 years ago
Ever hear of colours called coral red, coral pink, coral peach etc? Or watched a nature channel?
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Meowton Mewsk 6 years ago
Sad. Colors like that in nature are incredible and these f*****g companies just ruin them and blame consumers. Gross.
#3
Lolalelita 6 years ago
This one picture really doesn't say anything... Time of year etc. should be mentioned..
Lisa Larson 6 years ago
The question is...what time of year was each picture taken? It's not adequate to say, "it's 10 years later, so this is a horrible thing" if one picture was taken in January and one in August. Yes, even in the Arctic, it gets warmer in the summer.
#4
Marco Bosshard 6 years ago
Please check out ECOSIA. Its a browser like google , but they donate 80% of there revenue to the Reforestation worldwide. They allready planted over 45 Million trees !! :)
MADELEINE KIMBALL 6 years ago
this picture is actually fake. It's of the same forest, just one side has had all the trees cut down, and one side is still alive. It's still sad though. ):
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Yes, deforestation is a huge issue, many animals have lost their habitat or most of it, when it's gone, IT'S GONE !!!
#5
Christina Salerno 6 years ago
I cannot get over the fact that there are people that actually think this is not related to global warming and habitat destruction. Humans are capable of such incredible things but we have yet to master how to coexist with Mother Earth.
Inas Sondreck 6 years ago
We have to stop exploiting every- and anything for our own selfish, greedy and/or unhealthy gains.
Load More Replies... bob 6 years ago
For all we know, the second one was sick, which is in no way related to global warming. Not saying that global warming is fake, hey. But I'm a scientist, thus I tend not to conclude based on emotions...
Jace 6 years ago
I’m wondering the same about this comparison set. I don’t want the thing I care about being presented dishonestly.
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Risner Kolton 6 years ago
I’m pretty sure that’s just a polar bear who recently got out of the water you can tell because of dripping water and his wet fur it’s all about perspective
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Diane Phillips-Herman 6 years ago
The world has been changing and shifting for centuries. Man may be expediting it but we can't stop it.
Elizabeth 6 years ago
So... what do we think about the dichotomy between what's happening at the North Pole vs. the South Pole? https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nasa-study-mass-gains-of-antarctic-ice-sheet-greater-than-losses (NASA article from 2015, during Obama's Presidency when Science was respected)
Suzanne Harris 6 years ago
Do a little research on ocean currents around Antarctica - it explains it all.
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Vilson da Silva 6 years ago
Planeta terra Fajuto!! Esqueceram de apagar as linhas dos meridianos! kkkkkkkkk
Eccentric Mama 6 years ago
I notice that there are a few islands revealed after the Ice has receeded which makes me wonder, Am I the only one that’s curious to see what else is under the ice?
#7
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
After man has done tremendous damage on earth, they want to go to another planet !!!
#8
Uma Charoliya 2 years ago (edited)
Humans are going to be the reason of their own doom. Nature can heal itself. We are just screwing ourself for a long run.
Load More Replies... RandomPerson21 6 years ago
Check out ECOSIA. Exactly like google, but 80% of the profits go towards planting trees and therefore providing jobs for the disadvantaged, especially women, in poorer parts of the world.
#9
Vernice Aure 6 years ago
Global Warming is an old name for Global Climate Change. Same thing, more accurate name.
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Luke Barron 6 years ago
Can we not see them in the same month? Landscapes change a lot in 3 months...
#10
pebs 6 years ago
This looks like an artificial lake. Are we sure that it has'nt been emptied for some reasons?
Lillukka79 6 years ago
You are correct, it's a reservoir. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Oroville
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Suzanne Harris 6 years ago
Man made or not. The point is the same. Not a single one of Georgia's lakes are natural but wildlife and humans still depend on them for water. When a water source has been around for 100 years and in the last 20 has dramatically declined and that decline has outpaced population growth, something else is wrong.
Diane Phillips-Herman 6 years ago
A reservoir goes up and down due to rain and use. This is definitely being used more than it can refill.
Full Name 6 years ago
This! Slowing down the meat consumption is a great step that everyone can take.
Jace 6 years ago
And of course you’re getting down votes. Here have an up vote. I mean, how dare you point out a big water consumption issue when it’s something people don’t want to hear or give up ... even if it’s for the well-being of everyone to give up on it.
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Mike Bernardin 6 years ago
Lake Oroville is at peak level right now. It makes for a dramatic picture, but honestly guys, in this day of fake news, don't be selling this as a ten year challenge. If we're going to do something about climate change its got to start with a truthful account of things. Be better
Mandi Hopkins 6 years ago
This is northern California it looks like the pic on the right more than the one on the left. It's almost always this low at the end of the summer.
#11
Desiré Yen 6 years ago
Nestle, colgate, dove are busy a couple of major companies responsible for this 😤😡
RandomPerson21 6 years ago
Check out ECOSIA. Exactly like google, but 80% of the profits go towards planting trees and therefore providing jobs for the disadvantaged, especially women, in poorer parts of the world.
Blacksheep 6 years ago
All that because your fat asses can't get enough of this shot called Nutella... Make your own paste guys. It will be better for everyone: you, the ecosystems, the planet.
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
In some areas primates have lost the majority of their habitat, I imagine eventually they will die !!!
#12
Jade West 6 years ago
photoshoped i mean come on look at that and how would that same bottle be at the water after 10 years i mean who take a picture of that bottle from the beach or what ever and decide not to pick it up and later decide to take that bottle a picture in 10 year under the water that looks pretty clear
Ginette Rochon 6 years ago
Photoshop or not, millions of plastic bottles are killing our oceans
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Unfortunately, many don"t care, the rest of us must do our best !!!
#13
Eccentric Mama 6 years ago
“George” was the last living Hawaiian Tree Snail. The main reason this snail went extinct was because they were heavily used for making lei due to the beauty of their shells. Good News is there is a tissue sample of George so one day when the ability to clone a snail happens, George May live again.
Sugar Cargill 6 years ago
Maybe if humans went extinct, the Earth may actually last a few more million years. If not, who knows? ☠️
#14
Marnee DeRider 6 years ago
Well, we need lipstick, pizza dough, bread, instant noodles, shampoo, ice cream, detergent, margarine, chocholate, chookies, biodiesel, and soap, so we use palm oil. Countries need to work together to solve this. If one country bans this sort of practice, the other one that doesn't has the advantage, so long as we keep buying the products. With Trump as president, this will continue.
RandomPerson21 6 years ago
Check out ECOSIA. Exactly like google, but 80% of the profits go towards planting trees and therefore providing jobs for the disadvantaged, especially women, in poorer parts of the world.
#15
Diver Driver 6 years ago
Seriously, Plastic it one of the biggest threats to the oceans. There is a huge flotsam in the Pacific the size of Texas.
Brier Random 6 years ago
PROPAGANDA. Seals were suffering from plastic in the ocean, including things like shown in the 2019 photo, in 2009 and long before. This is NOT just a problem that popped up in recent years. Cherry-picking a photo of “happy-looking” seals does nothing to remind people that this pollution has been happening for DECADES.
#16
birdhouse 6 years ago
This is the last one I looked at. I can't look at anymore. As a species the humans are failing. We have all of the knowledge and power to do something but the people in charge make it impossible. They look at conservation as an expense and not profitable.
hobbitly 6 years ago
I dont understand people commenting that this pic has nothing to do with global warming. The 10 year challenge isnt just about global warming, its about all things that have changed over the last 10 years. Nowadays there is so much demand for fish there is none left for the polar bear. That is whats happening and its truly heartbreaking to see. In 10 year time humans can f*ck up the planet on many different levels. :(
ebony1k124 touch 6 years ago
God, this is saddening and maddening. How can Global Warming and Climate Change be ignored or dismissed when such beautiful creatures are literally wasting away!
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#18
Grebbel Berg 6 years ago
This concerns the Aral Lake in Uzebekstian and is not the result of Climate change but Stalin's disastrous ambitions.
Roser Gari 6 years ago
As far as i know Stalin was a human. So yes is manmade climate change
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Luke Wright 6 years ago
Nothing to do with Climate Change. You can blame the USSR for trying to turn a desert into cotton plantations.
Beka Narkuziev 6 years ago
Hey guys! I'm from Uzbekistan and know how bad it is. It is result of Climate change... And because of
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Spiffsmom 6 years ago
I saw this thirteen years ago. The glacier was protruding out into the bay a beautiful blue and white. Little ice bergs floating around. Our ship was approximately a mile away . It is very sad.
Load More Replies... Dani 6 years ago
You're kidding me right?! I don't care HOW pretty you think it is, we've got one planet and we're ruining it!
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Origami Chik3n 6 years ago
No it's not. It's exactly the same outline in both pictures. In 2007 picture it is used as a reference.
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#21
Toni Ostarcevic 5 years ago (edited)
There's hardly anything that makes me as angry as global warming deniers. People who state that such changes in climate were always there and are completely natural. "We're at the end of an ice age". Yeah, sure... In my childhood (I'm 37) the lakes in my area were frozen 15 inch deep and more. It was so cold that I was wearing two long johns under my pants and three pullovers under my jacket. The ice got thinner from year to year. In the last 10 years or so the lakes weren't frozen at all. Older people can tell you stories of our river being frozen. There are also pictures of it. And it's a relatively fast-flowing waterway where large container vessels travel. It has a width of about 500-800 feet. (this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine) Do you realize how little 50 or 100 years are in geological terms? Ice ages take millions to several hundred millions of years. You really don't need to be smart to understand what's happening. You can check out the reasons for yourself. Look at satellite pictures of the earth's night side. There are lights everywhere. There's hardly any notable spot that isn't populated. Open Google Earth and select a random large city, then zoom out and look for forests. There's just concrete -> agricultural land -> coast. Remain in a relatively far out zoomed state and look for a while. Select other countries randomly. It doesn't matter. The longer you look, the colder it will run down your spine. All of this were forests once. It will really change your perspective when actually seeing it. We massively pollute and deforest the earth 24/7 since hundreds of years and the atmosphere is just a thin layer, a few miles thick. If this development would be natural at this speed, and not induced by humans, and you would extend this "natural" curve into the past, then how cold was it 2000 years ago? -200 °F? This makes no sense. Or has this sudden speed change just started as humanity grew to billions and the industrialisation began? What a coincidence!
#22
Amanda Hunter 6 years ago
I feel like humans shouldn't be on this earth, we just use everything up, kill and destroy.
RandomPerson21 6 years ago
Check out ECOSIA. Exactly like google, but 80% of the profits go towards planting trees and therefore providing jobs for the disadvantaged, especially women, in poorer parts of the world.
staygoldponyboy 6 years ago
Looks like a logging area. Saplings will be planted once the logging company has finished clearing the area. In many cases, the clearing actually allows seeds buried for many years with no sunlight to germinate and plants thought long gone grow back.
#23
AlphaPuck 6 years ago
@Blacksheep Its not sunscreen. I have done saltwater tanks for years now and I can tell you exactly what is happening in both. On the left is what is called a bacteria bloom. Its part of the natural cycle of water. The SPS here is still perfectly healthy. Usually this happens where there is an increase in fish population that causes excess waste (poop). The picture on the right is zero bacteria bloom, but instead the result of a few very hot days. Look at the sky on the right... its much deeper blue. Less obstruction in the atmosphere means the UV light penetrates the water more. Over exposure to UV light bleaches SPS corals. But the coral adapts to the light and I guarantee you that if you took a picture in another 3 days, the coral has its color back. But lets not try and push that b******t sunscreen narrative.
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SunflowersAreGold 6 years ago
Such a drastic change in just three years. It's making me cry seeing how unaware us humans are to all this .
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Many are unaware, it's not in the news, they don't want to create a riot !!!
Load More Replies... Jace 6 years ago
We? Individuals? We are being told to donate to causes. The real solution isn’t us. It’s the corporations that refuse to change their profit-pursuing status quo. Individuals should be recycling, for example, but the USA SUCKS at recycling. Most of it is now being incinerated or dumped into landfills. Why? Corporate Laziness and profit margins.
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Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
Nope. That is an acidic, heavy-metal-laden waste water spill from a gold mine. Back in 2015, some workers accidentally breached the containment reservoir from the abandoned Gold King Mine in Colorado, causing several million gallons of toxic water to drain in the Animas River. The ecological impact was massive, and now, four years later, the river still hasn't recovered.
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Cathy Bartlett 6 years ago
How come the trees are exactly the same size in both photos yet 10 years have passed
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Savant 6 years ago
i meant the shape of the reef/location, not the lack of life. probably should clarify.
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Amber Robertson 6 years ago
As true as the second photo may be, the first one is so photoshopped it's ridiculous. The fish on the right is literally the same one in the same pose from another post on here.
Mary O'Donnell 6 years ago
when I google dead coral reefs I get pics just like on this page - and it explains why they happen, lots of reasons mostly stuff humans are doing - so all these repeated comments that it will be back in 3 days seems to deny there's actually a lot of dead coral out there
Random Panda 6 years ago
The 2009 picture is definitely photoshopped. There must be plenty of real pictures one can use, why choose a fake one?
#27
Nelson Sturdivant 6 years ago
Be nice if the picture was of the same place, from the same angle...
#28
SunflowersAreGold 6 years ago
I'm starting to believe... I can't believe I didn't realize the horrid truth before. 😥
Jace 6 years ago
Then get out and vote for the people who want to force corporations to change. Vote for regulation of capitalism.
Load More Replies... Karina Andersen 6 years ago
I have a friend & she & her partner have their heads in the sand just total ignorance & stupidity, but they are in so many ways caring & loving people
#29
Jace 6 years ago
“Stop cutting down so many m***********g trees, you stupid humans”
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Marty BlackEagle-Carl 6 years ago
it's the complete valley... left side 1913, right side 2012
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Jussi Leppänen 6 years ago
This is Photoshopped. Look at the waves in front and back of the pictures.
Spiffsmom 6 years ago
How do you expect the waves to get to shore with all that c**p sitting there? It could be any beach anywhere. I live near Great Lakes area, go to any beach that hasn’t been tidied up this is what you can see. Sickening.
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Ed Souza 6 years ago
why do people fake some of these photos??? what's the point? There's plenty of REAL horrible s**t to be shown. You can see this is a total photoshop fake, they didn't even bother changing the way the water got on the sand.
sh 6 years ago (edited)
Exactly. Falsifying the "evidence" does not make people take action, instead it makes them question legitimacy. Maybe there wouldn't be so many people denying global warming if s**t like this wasn't passed around.
Load More Replies... Karina Andersen 6 years ago
well one would expect to see different backgrounds after one day not the least 10 years, I can't believe how stupid some people are
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
I hope to see a positive change for my grandchildren, our new baby will be taught about nature, or what's left of it !!!
Mary O'Donnell 6 years ago
it is a question, do you want what we had to end up like the second one in 2019 - and they are planning to launch a billion new devices onto the market for the Internet of Things with 5G, each one of them will come in plastic wrapping and eventually get tossed all in the name of 'living the dream life' but all these pics show the dream for some is causing nightmares for most others out there
Suzanne Harris 6 years ago
While the point is valid, I wish people would use actual photos instead of photoshopping ones like this. It's the same photo, just darkened with digital trash added. If you look at the background, the wave crests are absolutely identical. So is the wave pattern on the shore. If you've been to the beach once, you know this doesn't happen.
Jessica Chant 6 years ago
I live in Florida near the Atlantic beach. I can personally tell you that trash like this has become a huge problem on our beaches in the last ten years. Every time I go I’m collecting bags of trash from the beach such as plastic bottles, plastic cups (e.g. McDonalds drink cups), cigarette butts by the handful, plastic food wrappers, and other trash either washed on the shore or left on the beach by disrespectful people who can’t walk a few feet to a trash can. So whether this picture is photoshopped or not doesn’t matter, because if you want proof of what humans are doing to the environment with our wasteful lifestyle then go outside and see for yourself.
Kourtney Tente 6 years ago
Yeah cuz movies are much more important than global warming...
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Doug Spicer 6 years ago
These pictures are why I am a bit of a skeptic about manmade global warming. The people showing these pictures obviously are believers, but their photos leave a lot of questions for me. Many have different locations different filters and different times of year or no time of year at all. .I find them very interesting but not necessarily believable in every case.
Marnee DeRider 6 years ago
So, those raging tree-hugging liberal conspiracists at the Pentagon even know that climate change is real. In fact, in 2014, they released a very detailed report stating that climate change was the number one national security threat to the US. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/us/pentagon-says-global-warming-presents-immediate-security-threat.html?_r=0
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Ben Steinberg 6 years ago
This doesn't appear to be the same location. Look at the shape of the hills in the background of the top picture -- now compare that profile to the bottom picture. Different topography.
AlphaPuck 6 years ago
Not the same location and the second picture is the classic aftermath of heavy rains. Very misleading.
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Ya'arah Shatz 6 years ago
I’m sorry but most of these Photos seem to be fake, photoshop or just different locations. But this is still happening and WE HUMANS AS A SPECIES, THE MIST INTELAGENT SPECIES ON THE PLANET! NEED TO FIND A GOOD REALIABLE SULOTION TO ALL THIS! BECAUSE IN LESS THEN 15 YEARS IT WILL BE EREVERSEABLE! (I’m crying.......)
Dig Up Skulls 6 years ago
#18 Is the biggest bunch of BS. The lake shrank because the river that feed the lake keep getting dams built on it and the water diverted to farm irrigation.
Sloane Christopher 6 years ago
besides all the photoshop and s**t how are you Leftist tree huggers going to stop 3rd world countries from littering? Are you going to start killing people as the population grows and what massive global air conditioner are you going to make to create glaciers and polar caps? There is nothing we can do to adjust the environment of this entire planet.
Ben Steinberg 6 years ago
I didn't post my original comment to imply that we should be skeptical of climate change. I posted it because I didn't think the picture showed what was being described, ie the same place 10 years later. That's all. My skepticism is of THIS photo, not the concept of change over time.
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Erich Mosier 6 years ago (edited)
While I agree that there are definite issues that need to be addressed, my biggest problem with most of these images is that they are misleading at best and purposely deceptive at worst. There is no context for many of these so no way to actually tell what the real truth of the situation is. For example, the coral reef pictures, there is no way to tell if they are the same coral reefs, and if fact looking at the terrain they look different. Also the river pictures. If you live near a river you know that certain times of the year, rivers turn muddy because of rain in the mountains running down into the rivers. Has nothing to do with pollution. Or the ocean pollution pictures. You have no idea if that was taken in the same place, or two separate places in different parts of the world. I understand that they are trying to make a point about what is happening, but the purposefully trying to deceive people is the reason a lot of people aren't buying into the global warming hysteria.
bob 6 years ago
Yep. Some pictures show actual facts, but far too many aim for basic emotional responses. And as I said in a comment, it completely undermines the aim of this post. Always the same problem. We have a bug and very real issue (e.g., destruction of our own habitat) but we prefer to use emotions rather than scientific facts, the only facts that can actually move things forward.
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released kraken 6 years ago
Horrendous... though i don't want to be generic, we really, REALLY need to stop this. Think about what you're doing when you go to the beach. Make sure you pick up what you leave behind. Bike or walk places. Recycle! Be overly pushy about this. Annoy the living s**t out of everyone around you by telling them to do these things. It's small, but even the smallest things can make a difference.
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
I agree but there's only so much the average person can do. Changes need to be made on a world wide level and I don't see anyone putting planet over power yet.
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Han 6 years ago
Everyone debating climate change should listen to Sir David Attenborough in the interview conducted by Prince William. Watch Koko the Gorilla's heart breaking response (in sign language) after she was shown images of the Earth. "Earth is sick, it's too late, Koko sad". *Forgive if I have the exact words wrong.* We are dangerously close to irreparable damage. Half the world cares more about the f*****g Kardashians and what colour lipstick they are wearing. The packaging plastic created by one of the sisters cosmetic lines is an example of the destruction inflicted on the environment. I admire David Attenborough, I can't imagine the heartache he feels with the knowledge he has as an environmentalist watching the Earth become so so sick. :( I think that deniers simply don't want to change or sacrifice their materialism. Sir David makes explicit the reality of us destroying our home. " The garden of Eden is no more". Humans are parasitic. It truly breaks my heart.
Edith Desrosiers 6 years ago
Good news is there are less deniers and people are getting more aware. There are solutions (renewables, air carbon capture, reforestation) and there is hope.
Load More Replies... electricblue 6 years ago
This article was so sad, but true. I hate what we have done to this planet. Especially deforestation. What we humans are doing to the trees is kind of like what would happen if someone just decided to wreck down your house to build theirs. Not cool, people.
Han 6 years ago
Can we all just ignore TJler from this point forth fellow pandas!! Only has negative points and doesn't deserve ANY attention. Fn troll bully wanker.
Load More Replies... Major Houlihan Bear 6 years ago
What I think? I think we don't have as many money or career or power-problems as we all think we do. We are too self-obsessed - so we will at some point be gone. Gaïa will continue without us - so we need to be aware, be ashamed in a productive way and march on -
Verisca Bezuidenhout 6 years ago
So sad that ppl care more about a photo possibly photoshopped than the absolute disaster happening right before their eyea
Jarno Flinkers 6 years ago
If you insult someone with a yo momma-joke, they'll get mad and don't want you to be disrespectful. Yet mother earth we take for granted. Stupid us.
Inas Sondreck 6 years ago
Just imagine someone treating their mother as bad as we treat Mother Earth :'(
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Patrick Bateman 6 years ago (edited)
Lake Shasta was at the end of a 10-12 year drought in 2014 as happens in CA. It is now full.
Erich Mosier 6 years ago (edited)
While I agree that there are definite issues that need to be addressed, my biggest problem with most of these images is that they are misleading at best and purposely deceptive at worst. There is no context for many of these so no way to actually tell what the real truth of the situation is. For example, the coral reef pictures, there is no way to tell if they are the same coral reefs, and if fact looking at the terrain they look different. Also the river pictures. If you live near a river you know that certain times of the year, rivers turn muddy because of rain in the mountains running down into the rivers. Has nothing to do with pollution. Or the ocean pollution pictures. You have no idea if that was taken in the same place, or two separate places in different parts of the world. I understand that they are trying to make a point about what is happening, but the purposefully trying to deceive people is the reason a lot of people aren't buying into the global warming hysteria.
bob 6 years ago
Yep. Some pictures show actual facts, but far too many aim for basic emotional responses. And as I said in a comment, it completely undermines the aim of this post. Always the same problem. We have a bug and very real issue (e.g., destruction of our own habitat) but we prefer to use emotions rather than scientific facts, the only facts that can actually move things forward.
Load More Replies... released kraken 6 years ago
Horrendous... though i don't want to be generic, we really, REALLY need to stop this. Think about what you're doing when you go to the beach. Make sure you pick up what you leave behind. Bike or walk places. Recycle! Be overly pushy about this. Annoy the living s**t out of everyone around you by telling them to do these things. It's small, but even the smallest things can make a difference.
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
I agree but there's only so much the average person can do. Changes need to be made on a world wide level and I don't see anyone putting planet over power yet.
Load More Replies... Han 6 years ago
Everyone debating climate change should listen to Sir David Attenborough in the interview conducted by Prince William. Watch Koko the Gorilla's heart breaking response (in sign language) after she was shown images of the Earth. "Earth is sick, it's too late, Koko sad". *Forgive if I have the exact words wrong.* We are dangerously close to irreparable damage. Half the world cares more about the f*****g Kardashians and what colour lipstick they are wearing. The packaging plastic created by one of the sisters cosmetic lines is an example of the destruction inflicted on the environment. I admire David Attenborough, I can't imagine the heartache he feels with the knowledge he has as an environmentalist watching the Earth become so so sick. :( I think that deniers simply don't want to change or sacrifice their materialism. Sir David makes explicit the reality of us destroying our home. " The garden of Eden is no more". Humans are parasitic. It truly breaks my heart.
Edith Desrosiers 6 years ago
Good news is there are less deniers and people are getting more aware. There are solutions (renewables, air carbon capture, reforestation) and there is hope.
Load More Replies... electricblue 6 years ago
This article was so sad, but true. I hate what we have done to this planet. Especially deforestation. What we humans are doing to the trees is kind of like what would happen if someone just decided to wreck down your house to build theirs. Not cool, people.
Han 6 years ago
Can we all just ignore TJler from this point forth fellow pandas!! Only has negative points and doesn't deserve ANY attention. Fn troll bully wanker.
Load More Replies... Major Houlihan Bear 6 years ago
What I think? I think we don't have as many money or career or power-problems as we all think we do. We are too self-obsessed - so we will at some point be gone. Gaïa will continue without us - so we need to be aware, be ashamed in a productive way and march on -
Verisca Bezuidenhout 6 years ago
So sad that ppl care more about a photo possibly photoshopped than the absolute disaster happening right before their eyea
Jarno Flinkers 6 years ago
If you insult someone with a yo momma-joke, they'll get mad and don't want you to be disrespectful. Yet mother earth we take for granted. Stupid us.
Inas Sondreck 6 years ago
Just imagine someone treating their mother as bad as we treat Mother Earth :'(
Load More Replies... Patrick Bateman 6 years ago (edited)
Lake Shasta was at the end of a 10-12 year drought in 2014 as happens in CA. It is now full.
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