Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth
Today in my Environmental Science, we watched An Inconvenient Truth. I realize that when you start talking about the environment, you risk looking like a silly high school granola-and-hemp greenpeace kid, but this movie is really really powerful. To the point of almost feeling sick. Depressed. We have collectively fucked up really really bad.
People debate the degree of global warming and arguments that scientists and envronmentalist constantly pose. Here are a few visuals that are pretty hard to argue with. You can't twist this stuff around. It's real. It's happening.
The Larsen Ice Shelf - An ice shelf the size of Rhode Island disappeared ENTIRELY within a span of 32 days
Lake Chad - Once one of the largest lakes in the world, you can now see how small it has become in less time than our parents have been alive.
People debate the degree of global warming and arguments that scientists and envronmentalist constantly pose. Here are a few visuals that are pretty hard to argue with. You can't twist this stuff around. It's real. It's happening.
The Larsen Ice Shelf - An ice shelf the size of Rhode Island disappeared ENTIRELY within a span of 32 days
Lake Chad - Once one of the largest lakes in the world, you can now see how small it has become in less time than our parents have been alive.