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10 year challenge shows devastating impact of climate change

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Isabella O'Malley

Digital Writer/Climate Change Reporter

Saturday, January 19, 2019, 10:36 AM - The latest online trend has millions of social media users sharing their versions of what a decade of change looks like.

The viral #10YearChallenge involves users sharing the tag with with two photos - one from 2009 compared to a recent one, and the posts have included a wide range of comparisons that celebrate growth and achievement, as well as reflections on the past.

While many are participating in the trend by using photos of themselves, some are pointing out the somber changes that have occurred in the last decade, specifically the lack of progress that was made to slow the devastating impacts of climate change.

See below for a look at how much the climate has changed in the past ten years:

The 10-year challenge that we all need to worry about. Re-posting in social media is not enough, what are we actually going to do about these? #10YearChallenge #NoToPlastics #ClimateChange pic.twitter.com/GnFyRkDX2T — Gie Canseco (@giecanseco) January 17, 2019

What will the Arctic look like in 10 more years?It is my hope that both we,as individuals,and the organizations that represent us treat climate change as the urgent threat that it is.

This is the truth about the #10YearChallenge.

This is the Arctic 100 years ago vs Today. pic.twitter.com/DkSAMiljPv — Skieskat (@skieskat) January 18, 2019

#10yearchallenge who else thinks climate change is not happening. 😒😒 pic.twitter.com/sRUaI3Hrkn — mahi (@mahi_lahsgdidj) January 17, 2019

We can’t predict how we goona be in the past or in future, don’t know if we may exist tomorrow. But the snap shows you and it’s already predictable that how plastic have been ruining our earth, climate,life....#10YearChallenge #plasticfree #ecology pic.twitter.com/F367xQHSlP — shashank (@shashanktumiki) January 18, 2019

Heard about the #10YearChallenge? This is the one we all need to care about. Forests help to mitigate climate change and provides homes for many species of plants and animals. Every year 46-58 thousand square miles of forest are lost to deforestation. pic.twitter.com/4eFaC9X4EN — CosmosUp (@CosmossUp) January 17, 2019

#10yearchallenge climate edition. This is Lake Chad, so big it services Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon. What used to be once a massive inland sea has gone from 15,000 square miles to under 500! We've only got one planet folks. pic.twitter.com/VATsa5MWVT — KingMufasah (@KingMufasah) January 16, 2019

#10yearchallenge

Round the globe, climate change is warming many lakes faster than it’s warming the oceans and the air. This heat accelerates evaporation, conspiring with human mismanagement to intensify water shortages, pollution, and loss of habitat for birds and fish. pic.twitter.com/iPT8aUdELi — Shubham Singh Rathour (@Shubham_singh96) January 17, 2019

Here's my #10YearChallenge albeit slightly more than 10 years. Highlights the changes in the climate. #ClimateChangeIsReal I first visited NZ in 2004 & one of the first places I visited was Franz Josef. Shocked how it has changed. pic.twitter.com/SQnUUUcVDn — OccasionalBlog (@OccasionalDave) January 18, 2019





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