Seeing is Believing:

Earth's Climate Crisis

LAUNCHED ON APRIL 22, 2020, 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY. PHOTO ALBUM, BY WCS SCIENTISTS, AND FRIENDS, OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

The climate crisis is happening now. On a global scale. Impacting all life on Earth. Humans, fauna, and flora.

As we speak, the world is experiencing a zoonotic pandemic. Species are dying out. Floods and fires are threatening the Earth’s landscapes. Intense storms and sea-level rise are wiping away coastlines. Communities are being forced to relocate. Wildlife must adapt or find different habitats. These new extremes are changing how all species function, including us. These are not distant problems, which is why viable solutions are more critical than ever.

Here we will post on an ongoing basis the impacts of climate change that WCS staff and friends are seeing on the ground. Our hope is to promote conversation and incite the actions needed to save Earth from this crisis.

What is WCS doing on the issue? At WCS, addressing the climate crisis—along with the biodiversity and extinction crisis and the zoonotic pandemic crisis—is front and center in all we do. In many ways, conserving wildlife and the world's wild places will mean facing and adapting to a changing climate and planet. Because of this, WCS is actively working to implement solutions that will allow wildlife and human communities to persist.