Despite the clear and obvious threat we face from it, climate change can be difficult for a lot of folks to observe on a day to day basis. The process can be simultaneously slow in some places and blisteringly fast in others.
Here are 28 pictures that show just how much damage has already been done:
1. Pederson Glacier, Alaska then:
Louis H. Pedersen, USGS
2. Pedersen Glacier now:
Bruce Molnia, USGS
3. Coral reefs in American Somoa then:
The Ocean Agency
Watch the Netflix documentary Chasing Coral here.
4. Coral reefs in American Somoa now:
The Ocean Agency
Watch the Netflix documentary Chasing Coral here.
5. Northwestern Glacier, Alaska then:
USGS, nsidc.org
6. Northwestern Glacier now:
Bruce F. Molnia, USGS
7. Muir Glacier, Alaska then:
William Osgood Field, National Snow and Ice Data Center
8. Muir Glacier now:
Bruce F. Molnia, USGS
9. Carroll Glacier, Alaska then:
Charles Will Wright, National Snow and Ice Data Center
10. Carroll Glacier now:
Bruce F. Molnia, USGS
13. McCarty Glacier, Alaska then:
Ulysses Sherman Grant, USGS
14. McCarty Glacier now:
Bruce F. Molnia, USGC
16. Muir Glacier, Alaska then:
Hazard, G.D.. 1880
17. Muir Glacier now:
Bruce Molnia, USGS
20. Okpilak Glacier, Alaska then:
Ernest Leffingwell, USGS
21. Okpilak Glacier now:
Matt Nolan, nsidc.org
24. The Great Barrier Reef then and now:
Great Barrier Reef - Before & After
25. Bear Glacier, Alaska then:
USGC
26. Bear Glacier now:
Bruce F. Molnia, USGS
27. Coral around Lizard Island, Australia then:
The Ocean Agency
Watch the Netflix documentary Chasing Coral here.
28. Coral around Lizard Island now:
The Ocean Agency
Watch the Netflix documentary Chasing Coral here.