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The WSL Was the First to Look at the Climate Change 10-Year Challenge Optimistically

“According to @IPCC_CH #SR15, we have just over 10 years to #ActOnClimate before we cause irreparable damage to our planet.”

BY Juan Hernandez | Staff

10 Year Challenge, climate change, global warming, coral bleaching,

Mother Nature’s not aging so well in this whole 10 Year Challenge madness.

Let’s be real, this couldn’t have been an easier layup for climate change activists. One day, people are showing off how well they’ve aged between 2009 and 2019 in the year’s first viral trend, the 10 Year Photo Challenge. The next, scientists report that 2018 was the warmest year on record for our oceans. And somewhere in there, a lightbulb went off inside somebody’s head to see what those before and after photos might look like for Mother Nature.

Plenty of people deny climate change even exists. Some recognize it and just chalk it up to the Earth’s natural cycles. According to NASA though, humans have increased the Earth’s atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration by more than a third since the Industrial Revolution began. So at least as far as they’re concerned, mankind is responsible for the fact that the Earth isn’t aging so gracefully. And whatever side of the conversation you’re on, the photos — at least the ones presented in an appropriate and fair context — show some striking and undeniable changes.

Here’s a gander at a few Climate Change-focused additions to the 10 Year Challenge:

The WSL Looks 10 Years into the Future (Optimistically)

 

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Let’s make clean beaches a reality. Momentum is on our side thanks to our #wslpure partner @byebyeplasticbags who recently made a ban on single-use plastic bags in Bali come true! #10yearchallenge

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Kassia Meador Took a Moment to Relate the Challenge to MLK’s Message

 

 

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??? speak your truth like #mlk Some of the things that matter most to us are our #earth and fragile #ecosystem #climate #climatechangeisreal #humanrights #equality #nowalls #dreamers #love #compassion #harmony what matters to you?

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“The Only 10-Year Challenge That Should Matter”

…Or How About a 99-Year Challenge?

“We have just over 10 years…”

Leo Agrees