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In the early 1900s, Arctic glaciers were nature's most mysterious and undiscovered wonders. Over 100 years of research, exploration, and exploitation later, the glaciers have become a haunting testament to the global warming effects.

Christian Åslund, a Swedish photojournalist who works with Greenpeace, gathered some early photos of glaciers ice in Svalbard, Norway from the Norwegian Polar Institute, and juxtaposed them next to his own photos of the same locations from 2002. The differences in these before and after photos were unbelievable. He's using the photo series to promote #MyClimateAction, a National Geographic campaign encouraging discussion about climate change and as a protest against Norwegian oil companies drilling in the melting ice in the Arctic region.

See each troubling comparison below, and sign Save The Arctic's petition against Arctic oil here, in hopes of stopping the devastating consequences of global warming.

More info: Christian Åslund (h/t)

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Norwegian Polar Institute , Christian Åslund Report

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keumonyou
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Newsflash, time changes things. Those ice will melt no matter what we tweet. End of story.

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Melody Reid
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the early 1900's we were in a mini ice age. We are no longer in one.

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whydo youcare
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If we continue like this maybe we will be able to plant bananas there in a few hundred years.

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MP
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

summer and winter, right? a single point in time can't prove anything.

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Sheetal Hatkar
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Photoshoped pic... How can in both the photos the peak of mountains have same shape snow dripping... Right hand mountain "Y" shape.

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Paula Cottrell
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is obviously FAKE NEWS though created by new age green radicals photoshopping to try and bring down the not for profit fossil fuel companies which deliver the only true source of energy available for our society.

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Andy Freeman
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Notice the person in the first image has a rowing boat and the green peace boat has a motor. Not sure if the engine would cause much damage but just saying.

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Anna Brown
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sad, are we sure they were taken at similar times in the year?

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Vitaly
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Humans always tend to overestimate their abilities! Humanity is so small compare to our galaxy and it's power.

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Inurri
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shocking. I hope more people see that and change their mind about the global warming.

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Kevin Hand
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haven't the Glaciers been retreating since the last Ice Age?

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Cat Meow
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And to think there are still people out there who believe climate change is a hoax. I do not want to trade places with your children, grandchildren, great-grandchilden or anyone else in a generation that hasn't even been born yet. They'll inherit a mess they cannot fix

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Valentina
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was not Climate Change...it was human greed, ignorance and lack of conscience and greed again.

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John L
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is no damage, because climate change occurs all of the time, up and down the scaqle. And we are currently headed into yet another Grand Solar Minimum(little ice age). This is the tenth day that there have been no sunspots on the sun: http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=14&month=03&year=2017 . What are the alarmists going to do when we follow Europe with all of the massive crop failures, due to cold weather. Its the Sun Stupid!! This is the biggest fraud in the history of the world. Wake up people! And to make things worse we are at the very end of this current interglacial(Holocene) and back into another round of glaciation that we have had to endure for the last 2.6 million years(Pleistocene). This Lake Vostok chart should tell you everything you need to know. Once we begin the descent into the next glaciation, the squealing and weeping will be unbearable. vostok_tem...charts.jpg vostok_temp_co2_charts.jpg

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I bet you also believe in Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, alien abductions, psychic healing, demonic possession, etc., etc., etc.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

taken pictures in winter for first one summer in second what a fake scare mongering knobs

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Incredibly sad. My boys are 4 and 7 years. What kind of struggles they will have to face in their adulthood Because of our creedines!???

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