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Politicians try to confuse us as to the truth about climate change and environmental destruction. But it's hard to argue with these photos which show, with horrifying clarity, the realities of our planet being irreversibly scarred by our actions. These pictures will challenge you to make a difference for future generations.

1. Environmental workers clear thousands of dead pigs from the Shanghai River.

2. This factory pumps pollution into the forest air.

3. The dirty secrets of the Great Wall of China.

4. Deforestation has taken this koala's home.

5. This tortoise was trapped in plastic, so it's body was painfully forced to grow around the can wrapper.

6. Pollution smog over Mexico City.

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7. The infamous smog cloud over Los Angeles.

8. Dead fish float down a fully polluted river.

9. In Hong Kong, authorities have set up fake skyline boards for tourists. The actual polluted skyline can be seen in the background.

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10. The sickening reality of water pollution in China.

11. This bird dies, suffocated by oil.

12. In China, this child drinks from a polluted stream.

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13. This boy swims through the refuse each morning, trawling to find anything he can sell.

14. Another polluted river in China.

15. Toxic algae consumes this river.

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16. This seal struggles against plastic.

17. California's Lake Shasta at its record low.

18. This disgusting lake is the main source of water for Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, a city of 14 million people.

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19. The Yellow River, in China.

China is the world's largest grain producer, but agricultural methods often have terrible impacts upon the environment.

20. An oil pipeline has exploded Shandong, China.

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20 Painful Photos Proving That Our Earth Is Dying

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Politicians try to confuse us as to the truth about climate change and environmental destruction. But it's hard to argue with these photos which show, with horrifying clarity, the realities of our planet being irreversibly scarred by our actions. These pictures will challenge you to make a difference for future generations.

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Shailene Woodley has given her side of the story following her recent arrest for protesting against an oil pipeline being built in North Dakota, and urged fans to join her in fighting its construction.

Writing in Time magazine, Woodley explained her motivation for protesting against the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.7bn construction project designed to transport fracked oil across North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois.

Protests led by the local Standing Rock Sioux tribe have been taking place for months, and have drawn help from indigenous groups across the US and other supporters. The Standing Rock Sioux fear the project will damage sacred sites and could affect their water supply.

A group of more than 1,200 archaeologists, museum directors and historians wrote a letter to the Obama administration saying the construction work had destroyed "ancient burial sites, places of prayer and other significant cultural artefacts sacred to the Lakota and Dakota people".

Woodley was arrested along with 26 others after protests on 10 October, the day after a federal appeals court lifted a temporary injunction against construction of the pipeline.

Woodley, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal trespassing and engaging in a riot, defended her decision to protest.

"It took me, a white non-native woman being arrested ... to bring this cause to many people's attention," she wrote.

"When the Dakota Access Pipeline breaks (and we know that too many pipelines do), millions of people will have crude-oil-contaminated water ... don't let the automatic sink faucets in your homes fool you - that water comes from somewhere, and the second its source is contaminated, so is your bathtub, and your sink, and your drinking liquid. We must not take for granted the severity of this truth."

Woodley also urged her supporters to pay more attention to the rights of indigenous peoples, saying society is "allowing Native American voices to be swallowed by the white noise of distraction."

"Treaties are broken," she wrote. "Land is stolen. Dams are built. Reservations are flooded. People are displaced. Yet we fail to notice."

Woodley is scheduled to appear in court on 24 October. If convicted, she could face up to 60 days in jail and a $3,000 fine.

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Shailene Woodley explains her North Dakota oil pipeline protest

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Shailene Woodley has given her side of the story following her recent arrest for protesting against an oil pipeline being built in North Dakota, and urged fans to join her in fighting its construction. Writing in Time magazine, Woodley explained her motivation for protesting against the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.7bn construction project designed to transport fracked oil across North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois.

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Researchers and city officials from two of the world's major metropolises, New York City and Rio de Janeiro, are coming together to share their insights and solutions against specific climate risks afflicting both their cities- sea level rise, increased temperatures and changes in water quality.

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Sizing Up Floods from Space: NASA Science for U.S. Flood Response

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Floods are the deadliest, most frequent, and most expensive natural disasters in the U.S. and in the world. Because floods are difficult to predict, often cover wide areas, and can last for days, emergency responders and disaster relief organizations need all the information they can get about the situation on the ground in order to respond effectively.

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GPM Observes Newly Formed Tropical Storm Georgette

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Taraji P. Henson Salutes Katherine Johnson

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A Look at the U.S. Cold Snap from NASA Infrared Imagery

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This animation of AIRS imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite from Dec. 1 to 11 shows the movement of cold air over the U.S. Cooler temperatures appear in darker blue and warmer temperatures in dark orange. On Dec. 7, cold Arctic air descended into the Plains states and reached Colorado, Kansas and Missouri.

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Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

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› en español
Global climate change has already had observable effects on the environment. Glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is breaking up earlier, plant and animal ranges have shifted and trees are flowering sooner.

Effects that scientists had predicted in the past would result from global climate change are now occurring: loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise and longer, more intense heat waves.

Taken as a whole, the range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time.

- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Scientists have high confidence that global temperatures will continue to rise for decades to come, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which includes more than 1,300 scientists from the United States and other countries, forecasts a temperature rise of 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century.

According to the IPCC, the extent of climate change effects on individual regions will vary over time and with the ability of different societal and environmental systems to mitigate or adapt to change.

The IPCC predicts that increases in global mean temperature of less than 1.8 to 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit (1 to 3 degrees Celsius) above 1990 levels will produce beneficial impacts in some regions and harmful ones in others. Net annual costs will increase over time as global temperatures increase.

"Taken as a whole," the IPCC states, "the range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time."

Future Effects

Some of the long-term effects of global climate change in the United States are as follows, according to the Third and Fourth National Climate Assessment Reports:

Change Will Continue Through This Century and Beyond

Temperatures Will Continue to Rise

Frost-free Season (and Growing Season) will Lengthen

Changes in Precipitation Patterns

More Droughts and Heat Waves

Hurricanes Will Become Stronger and More Intense

Sea Level Will Rise 1-8 feet by 2100

Global sea level has risen by about 8 inches since reliable record keeping began in 1880. It is projected to rise another 1 to 8 feet by 2100. This is the result of added water from melting land ice and the expansion of seawater as it warms.

In the next several decades, storm surges and high tides could combine with sea level rise and land subsidence to further increase flooding in many regions. Sea level rise will continue past 2100 because the oceans take a very long time to respond to warmer conditions at the Earth's surface. Ocean waters will therefore continue to warm and sea level will continue to rise for many centuries at rates equal to or higher than those of the current century.

Arctic Likely to Become Ice-Free

U.S. Regional Effects

Below are some of the impacts that are currently visible throughout the U.S. and will continue to affect these regions, according to the Third and Fourth National Climate Assessment Reports, released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program:

Northeast. Heat waves, heavy downpours and sea level rise pose growing challenges to many aspects of life in the Northeast. Infrastructure, agriculture, fisheries and ecosystems will be increasingly compromised. Many states and cities are beginning to incorporate climate change into their planning.

Northwest. Changes in the timing of streamflow reduce water supplies for competing demands. Sea level rise, erosion, inundation, risks to infrastructure and increasing ocean acidity pose major threats. Increasing wildfire, insect outbreaks and tree diseases are causing widespread tree die-off.

Southeast. Sea level rise poses widespread and continuing threats to the region's economy and environment. Extreme heat will affect health, energy, agriculture and more. Decreased water availability will have economic and environmental impacts.

Midwest. Extreme heat, heavy downpours and flooding will affect infrastructure, health, agriculture, forestry, transportation, air and water quality, and more. Climate change will also exacerbate a range of risks to the Great Lakes.

Southwest. Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all linked to climate change, have increased wildfires. Declining water supplies, reduced agricultural yields, health impacts in cities due to heat, and flooding and erosion in coastal areas are additional concerns.

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› en español Global climate change has already had observable effects on the environment. Glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is breaking up earlier, plant and animal ranges have shifted and trees are flowering sooner.

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That is where Bear Grylls shows Obama about the ice field shrinking

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Running Wild With Bear Grylls President Barack Obama Full Episod HD