Devastation In Ten Seconds

One of the problems with trying to convince people that climate change is a Clear And Present Danger to humanity is that the effects on the planet take their time to appear. Unless it's a hurricane unleashing devastation overnight, the human brain doesn't register the subtle changes to our landscapes, flora and fauna that pollution brings.

Wired magazine has some time-lapse videos of satellite images which have been spliced together to show man's effect on the planet. Here's part of the Brazilian rainforest being deforested :




For the other videos, all of which are only about ten seconds long, then visit Wired. And if that is too downbeat for you, they also have a top ten videos of nature at work, from a lunar eclipse to a rotting apple.