Climate's First Orphans
Eleanora Images, India
Climate's First Orphans is about the little-reported phenomena of the
sea-level rise and its impacts in the villages of Orissa, India. In
Orissa’s Kendrapara district, 25 villages exist only in books. The
rising sea due to the global warming induced climate change, has wiped
these villages out from India’s map. These 20,000, now homeless
villagers, can aptly be called the climate’s first orphans.
From the Arctic north to the tropical isles of the Caribbean, scientists are documenting a series of perplexing phenomena many believe is linked to climate change.
Imagine in 50 years time looking into your children's eyes and saying "yeah we knew about it and did nothing"
"This is our planet: planet Earth. It contains an astonishing variety of landscapes and climates. Since life began, around 4,000 million years ago, it has gone through extraordinary changes in its climate and in the species that live on it. But now it seems that our planet is being transformed — not by natural events, but by the actions of one species: mankind."
Evidence of the previously unknown phenomenon of Global Dimming, one that scientists believe could dramatically alter global temperatures
Each morning as the rays of the sun sift through the leaves, the forest awakens to the sounds of lapping oars. Cruising through a maze of creeks and rivulets, boats small and big, negotiate their way to start yet another day of their lives. A life of constant struggle, struggle to stay afloat, struggle to find a space, struggle to simply survive. Along the borders of 