An Inconvenient Truth of Global Warming is a Reality
It continues to infuriate me that there are still some that question the concept of global warming.
Over the last 100 years, the average global temperature has risen by a degree F, with certain high latitude areas having increased by 4 degrees F. Such increases in temperature have melted away/degraded the permafrost and have caused more than 95% of the world’s glaciers to retreat. In some locations, the glaciers have essentially disappeared. One example of this is the Pasterze. Shown below, “the Pasterze, Austria’s longest glacier, was about 2 kilometers in the 19th century (in 1875), is now completely out of sight” today, according to the World View of Global Warming website.
Pasterze – 1875 Pasterze – 2004
Source: 1875 photo courtesy H. Slupetzky/University of Salzburg, 2004 photo courtesy Gary Braasch
For those that haven’t seen or read “A Inconvenient Trust” by Al Gore, spend the 2 hours and do so. Pictures tell a thousand words. The Earth is warming at an alarming rate, and while it might only be a degree or two every 100 years, such an increase will have dramatic effects on future generations of this world.
For more information on An Inconvenient Truth, go to http://www.climatecrisis.net
gurmeetsingh mehtab
December 29, 2006 @ 10:36 pm
Thank you for sharing the comparitive scans. Truly a picture is worth more than a thousand words.
sunnyahn
January 1, 2007 @ 10:06 am
I agree – pictures often tell stories that words just can’t describe accurately. Unfortunately in this case, once we see these types of pictures, it’s too late – there is very little now that we can do to reverse the problem – the hope is that we can slow it down.