10 places to visit before they vanish

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Whether it's rising sea levels, desertification, torrential monsoons, melting glaciers or ocean acidification, climate change is rapidly altering the landscape of our planet. We may be one of the last generations to see some of the Earth's most cherished places. Here's our list of 10 places to see before they vanish. (Text: Bryan Nelson)

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Nice

Posted By cherry27 - Tue, Apr 06 2010 at 11:42 AM EST

It's a nice photo. I feel like i want to go inside that picture and see whats down the other side.

Great Article

Posted By crystal - Thu, Mar 11 2010 at 1:06 AM EST

How can someone not believe after seeing these pics? It's mind altering how fast the Earth is changing!

Cannot Believe...

Posted By Lester - Tue, Feb 09 2010 at 3:01 AM EST

...that such an argument like "there's snow where you live, so climate change isn't real. ok." was used here. Anyway, my argument to that is the polar ice in the arctic is getting smaller, glaciers are retreating, perhaps due to global temperatures getting warmer, so climate change is real, ok.

Clean Act

Posted By CallyetheAmerican - Thu, Feb 04 2010 at 1:17 PM EST

all i know is becoming more energy and environmentally efficient and safe couldnt hurt the planet right? so whats wrong with cleaning up our act?

Nepal tour

Posted By Ganeshj - Thu, Feb 04 2010 at 6:19 AM EST

very nice picture. thanks for sharing

Best regard
http://www.nepalpackagetour.com

Oh my gosh! Another hoax? Oh Noes!

Posted By Harry - Mon, Feb 01 2010 at 11:59 PM EST

UN climate change panel based claims on student dissertation and magazine article --http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/7111525/UN-climate-change-panel-based-claims-on-student-dissertation-and-magazine-article.html

link fixed

Posted By Harry - Tue, Feb 02 2010 at 12:00 AM EST

UN climate change panel based claims on student dissertation and magazine article -- .... More

Uh oh! Oh noes!!

Posted By Harry - Mon, Feb 01 2010 at 11:56 PM EST

Climate chief was told of false glacier claims before Copenhagen -- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7009081.ece

The photo does not lie

Posted By Anonymous - Tue, Jan 26 2010 at 4:20 AM EST

I HAVE COME TO SAY 2 THINGS

1) GLOBAL WARMING CAUSED BY HUMANS HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN.
2) GLOBAL WARMING HAS INDEED BEEN PROVEN.

the cause of global warming is irrelevant to the point of this article, s*** will still go bye-bye. Stop arguing about semantics.

Man v Earth

Posted By Dale - Fri, Jan 15 2010 at 2:36 PM EST

Regardless of who, or how many, believe that global warming is a real and measurable consequence of burning fossil fuels and farming cows (think methane output), there will always be those who think that man's overuse of the planet carries with it no consequence at all. The oceanic overfishing is a myth, GMO grains and seeds are not harmful to the ecosystem, carbon dioxide is not worth our attention, etc., etc.

Tell me, somebody, please! -- How do we get the deaf, dumb, and blind to.... More

MAN VS EARTH

Posted By DON - Sat, Jul 17 2010 at 10:02 PM EST

So does this mean that the oil leak in the gulf is not true, and it will not harm the wildlife,fish, or human,, and the answer is not every body is deaf,dumb,and blind,,,,just the people who destroy everything they think is for them only..

Oh god more global warming crap.

Posted By Don Mei - Thu, Jan 14 2010 at 10:44 PM EST

Every item here will disappear because of global warming. Hmm. I'm still waiting on true SCIENTIFIC consensus that human activity is behind it.

I am guessing...

Posted By Hobittual - Thu, Feb 04 2010 at 3:42 AM EST

That you are American. You will not relinquish your lifestyle regardless of its negative effect on the environment, but you won't have to, China and India are going to take it from you.

what point ?

Posted By trevor - Fri, Jan 29 2010 at 4:10 AM EST

what link is required here? you are looking for a link between global warming and man. whether caused by man or not global warming will change the current equilibrium.

They have proved that the current global warming is caused by hu

Posted By Josie Mahony - Sat, Jan 23 2010 at 4:37 PM EST

I'm guessing if you haven't found "true scientific consensus" you haven't been looking very hard. They have proved it's to do with burning fossil fuels. You can measure the atmospheric composition of carbon in a number of different ways (tree ring data, bubbles in ice cores, etc). There are 2 main isotopes (have different numbers of neutrons) of carbon - C12 and C13. Now life processes like C12 better because it's smaller so they selectively use it to build organic matter, therefore fossil fuel.... More

....no they havn't

Posted By paint - Mon, Jan 25 2010 at 9:04 AM EST

http://z4.invisionfree.com/Popular_Technology/index.php?showtopic=2050 over a thousand articles , saying there is no consensus on AGW by ACTUAL scientists not those morons on the IPCC

IPCC

Posted By bluey - Wed, Jul 14 2010 at 4:39 AM EST

You call the IPCC morons and then you post a link where the IPCC is quoted as discrediting Global Warming ???
Maybe you better allow the grown ups to talk now and go play with your ATV. Hopefully you'll run it into a tree and damage your brain again...

Right wing propaganda

Posted By bluey - Wed, Jul 14 2010 at 4:31 AM EST

You ignorant, imbecile ! This ridiculous, right wing blog is hardly a good counter argument to the excellent comments supporting Global warming.

WOW

Posted By Anonymous - Fri, Jan 22 2010 at 11:51 AM EST

Really? I mean REALLY?

Ignorance is not bliss

Posted By Guest - Fri, Jan 15 2010 at 11:04 AM EST

If you paid attention, you would see it for yourself. But go on believing what you want instead of what TRUE SCIENTIFIC evidence is telling you. Dont' bother to look into it yourself, just keep reading your far right propaganda. It's what makes you what you are. A fool.

Oh teh irony

Posted By Anonymous - Fri, Jan 15 2010 at 12:18 PM EST

Since you write in BOLD, and repeat whatever big media tells you, he is the ignorant one. Sure.
Pay attention? To what? I've seen so much snow as I recall in the 70s!
You are the one talking about propaganda. Right.

You are teh moron

Posted By bluey - Wed, Jul 14 2010 at 4:32 AM EST

Try spell checking if the big words like"the" are still tough for you...

Short sightedness

Posted By Guest - Fri, Jan 15 2010 at 1:16 PM EST

There's snow where you live, so climate change isn't real. ok.

Learn to be objective

Posted By Adam Hostetler - Wed, Jan 20 2010 at 1:52 PM EST

The quote unquote true scientific evidence is that the Earth has always gone into periods of cooling as well as periods of heating, it's natural and cyclical, they can tell from core samples which hold ancient atmosphere trapped in air pockets in the ice, etc. I'm fairly certain whatever your stance you should realize that no matter if humans are causing the Earth to melt, we should regardless hope to improve our air quality and stop pollution for the effects not only on ecological systems,.... More

Cycles of Warming & Cooling...but there's more at stake now

Posted By Lea - Mon, Feb 01 2010 at 3:33 PM EST

As Ben suggests, it is true that throughout the ancient history of the planet that it has experienced periods of warming and cooling; I do not dispute this. However, with refernec to the last time this occured....there wasn't 6 BILLION people living on the planet. So regardless of time, geography or socioeconomics...people's health WILL suffer greatly and likely irreversibly as a result of a warmer global temperature and the irresponsibility of the human race and our actions. Our current.... More

Succinct

Posted By Morné - Thu, Jan 21 2010 at 10:34 AM EST

Nicely put Adam. I don't believe all the global warming propaganda, as much of it is distorted science, but can only applaud any effort made improve the environment or at least slow down the decay.

far left

Posted By Dan Tobin - Fri, Jan 15 2010 at 12:18 PM EST

The far left has propaganda too, and it is essentially just as foolish.

Perhaps they will not vanish

Posted By messenger - Thu, Jan 14 2010 at 12:51 PM EST

if all the rich Westeners don't tramp over them

How about Poor East Asians

Posted By truth boy - Sat, Jan 16 2010 at 12:10 PM EST

Look to China if you want to see unrestrained abuse of the environment. China generates dust clouds from agricultural abuses that reach the USA. Their rivers are little more than toxic sludge at this point and their culture is responsible for poaching throughout the world -tiger penis, bear gall bladders, white rhino horn. What do they care - their own citizens are abused, brainwashed and die by the 1000s every years from neglect, toxic living conditions and dangerous working environments. So,.... More

I'm not in disagreement

Posted By messenger - Mon, Jan 18 2010 at 6:30 AM EST

I'm with you on this. I was talking about the tourists.

Found #1!

Posted By David - Wed, Jan 13 2010 at 6:33 AM EST

It's by the Flickr user "Stuck in Customs":

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3078802485/in/set-7215760350...

Englishman in Germany

Posted By David - Wed, Jan 13 2010 at 6:30 AM EST

It says "Glacier National Park" for picture 2. To get a copy, click on "ALL SIZES" and then "Download the Large size" in Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/4192364102/
or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seekingfocus/1843989988/

Sorry I can't find picture 1, but they should have credited the photographer, not just Flickr, in any case, as the photographs hold the rights and Flickr just hosts

Many thanks

Posted By Hope Dlugozima - Wed, Jan 13 2010 at 2:46 PM EST

for locating that photo for us!

1st photo is Glacier

Posted By alberto - Thu, Dec 31 2009 at 12:50 PM EST

The first photo and the second photo are from the same place--Glacier. How to get a copy--you're on your own for that. Happy new year--

alberto

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