Climate change and the climate crisis are pretty abstract terms to most people. We still have seasons that come and go. Still cold in the winter, hot in summer. If you don’t live somewhere that is seeing the early effects of the issue it’s easy to believe that these problems are made up or blown out of proportion. Check out this slideshow to see how the planet is really changing.

This slideshow features images from around the globe illustrating how climate change and pollution are changing things for the worse. Although many of them ARE beautiful in their way, that doesn’t make them good.

Some are shown after an image of what the area used to look like is displayed to give you an idea of how things have shifted in the recent years. Check out the slideshow to get an idea of how much our Earth is really changing.