Global warming
Sea level rise in Chesapeake Bay invades a National Wildlife Refuge.Since the 1930s, over 8,000 acres of marsh at Blackwater NWR, Maryland -- one-third of its area -- has been lost to higher salt and brackish water. The expanding area of open water can be shown to parallel the record of sea level rise. In this repeat photo, the understory of shrubs and grasses has been lost to higher water since 2001 along the edge of a pine forest. Blackwater is just one of manyNational Wildlife Refuges which are seriously threatened by sea level rise and other effects of global warming. Please see more recent documentation how sea level rise is helping change the Southeastern US coastline, here this page.
World View of Global Warming is an independent documentary project by photojournalist Gary Braasch, now in its 11th year, presenting a comprehensive look at global warming science, the world wide effects of climate change, its implications, and what action is being taken about it. Braasch documents this change through science reporting and photography from the Arctic to Antarctica, from glaciers to the oceans. Rapid climate change is occurring now and its effects are fast becoming one of the prime events of the 21st century.
Every citizen of the world needs to be aware of rapid climate change:
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 Locations documented since April 1999. Site updated January 2010. Text and photography Copyright © 2005 - 2010 by Gary Braasch. World View of Global Warming is funded by donations and grants. If you would like to contribute, please click HERE. |
| Photographers' Perspectives on Global Warming October 14 - November 6, 2005 was shown at JW Gallery, Brooklyn. Posters from this exhibit are available. Please email your request. |
This project would be impossible without scientists and observers around the world who have provided hundreds of scientific contacts and papers. See Background, Advisors, and Reference for documentation, funders and major advisors, without whom I could not complete the work. This project is privately supported and I seek donations through Blue Earth Alliance.
World View of Global Warming is a project of the Blue Earth Alliance, Seattle Washington, a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. The project is supported entirely by donations, grants, and license fees for the photographs. Information about how to contribute is on the Blue Earth web site, or contact Gary Braasch. Thank you.
For other information about Gary Braasch's climate change projects and books, please see the books Earth Under Fire and How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate, and the exhibit "Climate Change in Our World" (information to the right above on this page). Link to PDF version
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