7 Terrifying Global Warming Pictures (Slide Show)

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Some people seem to have gotten just a little too comfortable with the concept of global warming. That's not to say anyone's OK with it—in fact, most actively want to help fight climate change. Gone are the days when the idea of climate change first publicly emerged—and terrified the public as some sort of looming, inevitable apocalypse. And that's a good thing. But I worry that we've gotten a bit too complacent, too accepting. So, I've rounded up 7 of the most terrifying global warming pics around—because it could do us all a little good to get just a little nervous from time to time. Just to inspire us to work that much harder to avoid a potentially disastrous fate. After all, climate change really is some scary stuff.

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