Cory Richardsのインスタグラム(coryrichards) - 8月15日 00時42分

Yesterday's post created some passionate conversation, both in my direct messages and in the comments field. The issue of #climatechange can be polarizing. As a human race, we form our belief systems around what we are taught was well as what we experience first hand. Every person has their own unique experience in life, which means we all have our own individual, and equally real, experience of the world.

I'm curious: What is your unique experience of climate change? What have you or haven't you seen first hand? What makes you believe what you believe?
I'm interested about all experiences. No wrong answer here.

Pictured here: A lone #polarbear shot #onassignment for #natgeo while on #expedition in #franjosefland #arctic #russia

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harmoneer I'm an Indonesian living in Malaysia. My hometown, Jakarta, is rapidly sinking - built below sea level yet climate crisis has exacerbated and accelerated the process. Most of the country's small islands are adversely impacted by the rising sea levels, coupled with depleting ocean resources which is the main source of income and sustenance for these people. Yet, the practice of slash-and-burn is still thriving despite government policy, and the resulting smog is affecting the neighbouring countries - here in Kuala Lumpur, with 60% humidity, the smog raised the heat index up to 40 centigrade. I do not believe, I KNOW that climate crisis is happening - coming from a country with vast natural resources and "lenient" enforcement, coupled with my master's research on sustainable development, I have seen and experienced first-hand how rapidly our environment is degrading.

passion4cabifashion I live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and this year we’ve seen more dolphins and sea turtles die from algae blooms in the water caused by the opening of the Bonnet Carre spillway in Louisiana. The spillway allows water from the Mississippi River to flow into Lake Pontchartrain and thence into the Gulf of Mexico. The spillway was built to lower the river stages in New Orleans and was completed in 1932. For the first time ever, it was opened twice in one year, 2019 and opened two years in a row; 2018 & 2019. The polluted fresh water mixed with the salt water of the Gulf of Mexico is a toxic mixture and lowers the oxygen in the water so the sea life is dying. This has also halted business for local oyster farmers and shrimpers. I can only believe that climate change is causing all the flooding of the rivers with more rain than ever before.

jubbish My most personal climate change experience has been in Alaska. Ten years ago when I was here, looking at a glacier fed by the Harding Icefield, it felt like the ice dominated the landscape. Two years ago, you couldn’t even see the glacier standing in that same place. Now, I am here again hiking around the Harding Icefield and documenting. There is a cave at the foot of the glacier that has collapsed due to excessive meltwater underneath. The ice is cracking in the winter and the summer. The ice no longer dominates the landscape, but feels as if it is cowering like a hurt animal. The mountains now loom over it. It’s crazy to see, in such a short span of time, how radically different this place is. There will be nothing left for my nieces and nephews to see. My photographs should never be in “history” books while I still live.

annefjennings I live in South Carolina on the coast. In the last 10 years we have seen a great increase in the number of hurricanes and tropical storms affecting our coast. We have had essentially one hurricane every year for the last few years. In addition, Charleston is below sea level. The area has had terrible flooding that is related to hurricanes and also heavy rain incidents - which are directly related to climate change. I have a friend whose house hit the magic number three from FEMA which meant they would pay her to have it torn down so she could sell or rebuild. If you search for Boineau and FEMA in the post and courier you will probably find the articles. I also have friends on the beach who are terrified they will hit that number three. They will lose their entire investment in their home. They can’t afford to rebuild.

solarmidnight When I was a child visiting my family in Puerto Rico, I remember snorkeling amongst colorful, rich reefs fascinated with how much was going on beneath the surface. Over the course of 20+ years, revisiting the same locations, they're now graveyards of white and grey. I never thought I would even miss the abundance of sea cucumbers in all their frumpy glory. I'm sure that direct human carelessness and abuse is partially to blame, but even amongst the mangroves that used to be teeming with birds, schools of fish, iguanas... there's a mere fraction of what used to exist. Obviously that is just a small bit of what the island has experienced as extreme weather patterns have completely changed the shorelines, the insect populations, the forests. It's all quite deflating really.

bizoulou My parents live on a cattle farm in QLD, Australia. 50-60years ago all the farms in the area were dairy farms. As rainfall has steadily decreased, the farming practices have changed- there are no dairies and all farms are raising beef cattle. However there has also been changes in what cattle suit the environment. In the last 20 years, my father has gradually altered the breeds he uses to find the most appropriate type: one that can withstand periods of drought as well as one that puts on weight in a way that generates an income. The last two years have been the worst in over 100 years in terms of rainfall. He is now handfeeding the cattle he has left, and pumping water to keep them hydrated. No rain is forecast for the next three months.

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