What we Risk Losing to Climate Change

Glacier overlooking Fjallsárlón, Iceland—July 28, 2016. The unprecedented heatwave that melted all-time temperature records in British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington provided a fresh and recurring reminder of what is at stake as climate change continues. To date, the recent episodes of shocking heat occurred in Europe on two occasions during summer 2019, Siberia in 2020, the U.S. Southwest in summer 2020, the U.S. Southwest in mid-June and then the Pacific Northwest in late June. Nevertheless, the status quo still stubbornly resists.

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Malik Raoulda ^club

ces deux dernières années,On a constaté de grandes perturbations dû au changement climatique. Hier chez nous il a fait dans le Sud Algérien + 45 degré. et aujourd'hui +50 dans 03 grandes villes du Sahara.
Votre superbe photo est très révélatrice.

3 years ago.

©UdoSm ^club

I hope that the people responsible will finally understand the problem and are also prepared to take the necessary measures on this problem...

3 years ago.

Don Sutherland ^club has replied to ©UdoSm ^club

I share your hope.

3 years ago.

RHH ^club

We live in the PNW and the heat has been all but unbearable. Even in Alberta where we are presently visiting it was in the area of 100 alll of this past week.

3 years ago.

Don Sutherland ^club has replied to RHH ^club

A friend in BC has described how extreme the heat has been. A lot of people are suffering. And then the wildfires are wreaking additional havoc.

3 years ago.

RHH ^club has replied to Don Sutherland ^club

The heat has broken here in Alberta but Spokane and home continue to be very hot. Thankfully, we've been spared the wildfires, at least so far.

3 years ago.

RHH ^club

Thanks for your visit, Don.

3 years ago.

RHH ^club

Have a good day and a good weekend.

3 years ago.

RHH ^club

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3 years ago.

Rosalyn Hilborne

It's frightening Don! No one wants to believe it!

3 years ago.

Don Sutherland ^club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne

It’s really tragic. None of the great heatwaves that have been increasingly affecting the world seem to lead humanity to choose a better trajectory.

3 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

I'm not optimistic for the future of our planet.

3 years ago.

Don Sutherland ^club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen ^club

I am concerned that by the time society finally moves to address the problem, a lot more warming will have been “baked in” due to the continuing rise in the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases.

3 years ago.

@ngélique ❤️ ^club

splendide *******

3 years ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Phenomenal capture! Stay well!

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3 years ago.

Zulma

Impressive!

3 years ago.

Jocelyne Villoing ^club

Oui hélas... fabuleuse image ici, bravo !+++++++++

3 years ago.

Armando Taborda ^club

...this is only the beginning...

3 years ago.

Don Sutherland ^club has replied to Armando Taborda ^club

Unfortunately, that is all but certain to be the case.

3 years ago.

Schussentäler ^club

oh ja, die Klimaerwärmung ist schon weit fortgeschritten

3 years ago.

tiabunna ^club

A great view of this glacier. We had our turn of heat and fires in 2019/2020 summer. Sadly, it's all been shown in the computer models, but governments (particularly ours) are very slow to respond.

3 years ago.

Don Sutherland ^club has replied to tiabunna ^club

Thank you. Unfortunately, the models have been right. Worse, where they’ve been wrong, they have actually understated how extreme conditions could become. And we’re not even at 1.5C of warming, yet.

3 years ago.

Karl Hartwig Schütz ^club

!!!!!!!!

3 years ago.

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ ^club

╚»★«╝ Good work my friend. Have a lovely day ╚»★«╝

3 years ago.

Josiane Dirickx ^club

Impressionnant ***************

3 years ago.

RHH ^club

Have a good week, Don.

3 years ago.

J.Garcia ^club

Terrifying and Stunning!!!
Many thanks for image and text, Don!

3 years ago.

* ઇଓ * ^club

Outstanding shot, Don!
Parallel to the sometimes extreme heat waves in the regions you mentioned, other parts of the world are the subject of contrasting natural disasters. Incomprehensible, that climate change deniers still defiantly stick to their claims.

3 years ago.

vero

Spectaculaire, Don merçi pour cette photo incroyable, Belle et douce journée affectueusement

3 years ago.

Esther ^club

The inaction is appalling.

3 years ago.

Christa1004 ^club

Already in the 80ies, the prophecy of the CREE was right:
“Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, then will you find that money cannot be eaten.”
I think, as long as Economy outweighs the climate, unfortunately no politician will dare to change anything ...

3 years ago.

Rainer Blankermann

The governments dont do enough. I am not hopeful!

3 years ago.

Amelia ^club

We are so careless with our unique and beautiful planet. Now there has been excessive rainfall causing severe flooding and many deaths in areas of Germany and China. We are all to blame, especially those of us in privileged well-developed countries. We demand our rights to visit far flung places, we desire new 'things' and throw away old 'things', we continue to pollute the environment and pursuit of profit seems to be the name of the game unfortunately.

3 years ago.

Nora Caracci ^club

spectacular shot and what a message !

3 years ago.

Fred Fouarge ^club

Witte chocolade smelt in je mond ;-))

3 years ago.

Au Cœur... diagonalh… ^club

As true as relevant
unfortunately our children's heritage* seems at stake...............
(*and also our direct and close future)

3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.

Günter Klaus ^club

....das schaut ja richtig faszinierend aus lieber Don,ganz tolle Aufnahme:))

........wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,ganz liebe Grüße Güni:))

3 years ago.

Leo W ^club

Beautiful picture. I hope, we will alive the restore of the glaciers still.

3 years ago.

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