10 Real But Horrifying Images That Prove Climate Change Is Not A Joke
- 1:28 pm January 2, 2021
- surabhi
Climate change is a serious issue. With most countries reporting forest fires, flash floods, melting glaciers, rising plastic issues and slowly diminishing forest cover the conditions are super serious. There is no PLANET B so its time to take action now!
VICTORIA FALLS!
Victoria falls on the Zambezi river was one of the lushest falls on earth and also termed as the largest. In the local language it is called Mosi-oa-Tunya which literally translates to "The Smoke That Thunders" But here is a sad reality, over the years, in the dry season, this falls has been reduced to narrow streams of water.
STREETS OF VENICE!
It no longer is romantic to be on the streets of Venice. The rising plastic dumps around the city have resulted in large scale depletion of its water sources. The situation is so untamable that filth water from the neighboring canals often overflows into the streets causing floods and unhygienic conditions!
ICELAND'S GLACIER!
This view of Iceland's Okjokull glacier from the NASA Observatory has sent tremors down our spine. Okjokull became the first glacier to "die out" in Iceland and the country mourned its death. Iceland even erected a monument to commemorate this loss. The plaque read -"Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done."
THE CORAL COVER AT THE GREAT BARRIER REEF!
We have all studied about the Great Barrier Reef at some point in our lives, right? In school or in our years as adults. We all know that climate change issues have been around for a while now and the Great Barrier Reef was one of the first to suffer. The coral cover which was once a intriguing facet is not almost completely destroyed!
THE GANGES IN ALLAHABAD, INDIA!
The Ganges is a boisterous river and usually untamable. Very often, when people have tried imposing their "developments" on here in terms of construction, plastic dumping, sewage disposal etc. into the river, the river has given back to the land. Over time ofcourse it has suffered and its water levels have depleted. During the monsoons, the river floods and leaves many people homeless!
RIVER URMIA, IRAN
The lake Urmia in Iran is no longer a mass of clear, blue, pristine water. It is red due to a variety of reasons. Since years, Lake Urmia has been shrinking and what was once the largest lake in the middle east is now looking like a massive crime scene due to the presence of all sorts of microorganisms. The drought and drying up of the lake caused it to become highly salty and this attracted the Dunaliella algae, which can turn the water blood-red.