The Climate Is Changing — and NASA Has the Proof
The White House's newest report on climate change has a clear message: the globe is getting warmer; it's our fault; and the typhoons, floods, and superstorms we've experienced in recent years will only continue to get worse. NASA agrees.
The aeronautics and space agency has an interactive feature, Images of Change, that shows the dramatic effects of global change, urbanization, extreme storms, and more over time. In the images, giant glaciers melt in the span of weeks, entire rivers dry up in just a few years, and floods devastate crops all around. All the images show the planet in a state of flux.
Take a look at these selections from NASA's gallery, then take our poll: do you believe in climate change? Source: Getty
McCall Glacier Melt, Alaska
Left: July 1958. Right: Aug. 14, 2003. Source: NASA Images of Change
Pine Island Glacier Calving, Antarctica
Left: Oct. 28, 2013. Right: Nov. 13, 2013. Source: NASA Images of Change
Lake Change, New Mexico
Left: June 2, 1994. Right: July 8, 2013. Source: NASA Images of Change
Flood, Cambodia
Left: May 17, 2013. Right: Oct. 24, 2013. Source: NASA Images of Change
Reservoir Growth, Mali
Left: Jan. 21, 1978. Right: Jan. 31, 2004. Source: NASA Images of Change
Drought, North/South Dakota
Left: May 18, 2000. Right: April 4, 2004. Source: NASA Images of Change
Lake Shrinkage, Africa
Left: Dec. 8, 1972. Center: Dec. 14, 1987. Right: Dec. 18, 2002. Source: NASA Images of Change
Dam Impact, Paraguay
Left: May 25, 1985. Right: June 7, 2010. Source: NASA Images of Change
Flood, Iowa
Left: Sept. 24, 2010. Right: Aug. 2, 2011. Source: NASA Images of Change
Petermann Glacier Melt, Greenland
Left: June 26, 2010. Right: Aug. 13, 2010. Source: NASA Images of Change
Dam Impact, Pakistan
Left: Aug. 2, 1999. Right: June 8, 2011. Source: NASA Images of Change
Tornado, Maryland
Left: May 21, 2001. Right: May 3, 2002. Source: NASA Images of Change