Greenland glacier breaks off - right in front of a FORMER climate change denier

[LongTomH]

James Balog was a photographer for National Geographic - that is, the old, pre-Murdoch National Geographic. He was also a global warming skeptic, right up until he witnessed this!!!!

Read more here: http://www.upworthy.com/the-longest-and-probably-largest-proof-of-our-current-climate-catastrophe-ever-caught-on-camera

[benld74]

1. Wow just WOW

[riversedge]

2. I am in awe at the power and beauty of nature

[63splitwindow]

3. Agreed...

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[jalan48]

4. Wow! Hopefully the TPP will fix this problem.

[NurseJackie]

6. "In 10 years it had retreated more than it had in the previous 100"

[erlewyne]

7. Glaciers store about 75 percent of the world's fresh water.

Someday they will be valuable.

[thesquanderer]

11. If only we could melt them! ;-) (n/t)

[paul ofnoclique]

13. And, once they break off into the oceans, that fresh water becomes salt water, which we cannot drink

The other poster is right about seeing our doom unfold.

[Quackers]

8. Kick

[saturnsring]

9. tag

[C Moon]

10. Crazy scary!

[Hydra]

12. "And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death..."

It's a peculiar thing, watching your doom unfold. If nothing else, it is breathtaking.

[dreamnightwind]

14. One of the more sickening vids I have ever witnessed

and I hope everyone watches it. Better to know what is going on than not, perhaps we can redouble our meager efforts to change.