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09 02 2019 | 08:21

10 year challenge’ sparks environmental concern

A new 10 year challenge has sparked environmental concern about how much the environment has changed in the last ten years.

There has been a flood of photos shared across social media highlighting the shocking differences ten years has made to the environment.

Greenpeace took to Instagram to share two different pictures of the Amazon:

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That which took nature hundreds of thousands of years to create, humans have destroyed in less than ten. This is the saddest #10YearChallenge you'll see today.

Footballer Mesut Ozil also tweeted about the importance of the online movement to promote the alarming rate of change to our environment. 

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The bleaching of corals was also recognised in the 10 year challenge. It has been found that 90 per cent of corals could be gone in 2050.

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The IPCC report, released last year, highlighted the shocking reality of climate change if a 1.5 degrees Celsius target is not achieved. Environmentalists have argued that these photographs are a stark reminder of the harm we our doing to our planet.

This news follows a study that showed that North American glaciers are melting faster than they did 10 years ago.

Photograph: Greenpeace

 

21 January 2019

Rachel Cooper

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