Climate Change Impact Pictures

So.. the climate is changing because man has shoved way too much CO2 into the atmosphere. That is a fact and there is no arguing with it. You can doubt it, if you want. I cast no stones, some people think the Earth is Flat, some people think AIDS is God's Judgement on Homos and Black People, believe what you will. But the FACT is that the Earth is changing due to emissions of CO2 at higher than 350 ppm. Scientist first guess is that the thresehold for catastrophic change was 600 ppm - turns out they were very optimistic.
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Anyway here are some interesting pictures that show climate change in action. They are (in the case of Maldives) pretty and (in the case of both) pretty disturbing.

From Daily Beast:
Maldives
Image: Getty Images
The first democratically elected president of the Maldives came to office at a critical time for his country. The nation, made up for 1,200 islands, is slipping beneath the Indian Ocean. President Mohamed Nasheed has urged developed nations to reduce the carbon emissions that are causing the Maldives to disappear, but instead of waiting idly by, he has proposed buying a new homeland for his 300,000 countrymen with some of the massive revenue brought in by international tourists.
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"We do not want to leave the Maldives, but we also do not want to be climate refugees living in tents for decades," Nasheed said.
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Shishmaref, Alaska
Image: AP Photo
The permafrost holding the Shishmaref above the sea is thawing, causing dramatic erosion that threatens the existence of this Alaskan village, home of 600 people. One house has fallen into the ocean, while more than a dozen others have been moved to avoid that fate.
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Shishmaref is only 20 miles south of the Arctic Circle; it has been inhabited for centuries, but became a more permanent home for the nomadic people there when the federal government built a school on the island 110 years ago. Several other villages in the area are also moving because of erosion or flooding.
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FYI: Pictures of warmer air which leads to torrential rains and flooding or in other areas to drought are not so easy to show.