photo results  | Earth 2012? | There will be some kind of change. Change is very hard to take for humans. Note very small children, they often have tantrums when parents inflict change like "Suzy, it is time for bed, playtime is over,". I predict something like that, as do, I believe, most of the prophets.
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 | A big change in the air" | A big change in the air. | |  Sourceseeker (416) | |
 | Muirhouse changing, swingparks | I lived in Muirhouse Edinburgh for over 30 years and when I realized just how much it was changing i decided to take some photographs of the area. I am no professional photographer by all means but this scene caught my eye. I used to bring my granddaughter here to play and felt sad to see it abandoned although still open to the public. | |  Aliceinwebland (5365) | |
 | myLot | MyLot changes. | |  sirrob (2557) | |
 | My mylot view! | I like this changes happening to mylot now. | |  jeanniemay (1187) | |
 | Circumstances doesn't matter! | Circumstances are constantly changing, and even the changes are constantly changing. As you continue to adapt, and as those around you also adapt, positive new possibilities emerge and take root. | |  jeanniemay (1187) | |
 | future fridge | futuristic fridge.. poorly drawn by me! haha, =P | |  LouieWpHs04 (2397) | |
 | Climatic changes | Climate changes reflect variations within the Earth's atmosphere, processes in other parts of the Earth such as oceans and ice caps, and the effects of human activity. The external factors that can shape climate are often called climate forcings and include such processes as variations in solar radiation, the Earth's orbit, and greenhouse gas concentrations.
Variations within the Earth's climate
Weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere, and is a chaotic non-linear dynamical system. On the other hand, climate — the average state of weather — is fairly stable and predictable. Climate includes the average temperature, amount of precipitation, days of sunlight, and other variables that might be measured at any given site. However, there are also changes within the Earth's environment that can affect the climate.
Glaciation
Percentage of advancing glaciers in the Alps in the last 80 years
Glaciers are recognized as being among the most sensitive indicators of climate change, advancing substantially during climate cooling (e.g., the Little Ice Age) and retreating during climate warming on moderate time scales. Glaciers grow and collapse, both contributing to natural variability and greatly amplifying externally forced changes. For the last century, however, glaciers have been unable to regenerate enough ice during the winters to make up for the ice lost during the summer months (see glacier retreat).
The most significant climate processes of the last several million years are the glacial and interglacial cycles of the present ice age. Though shaped by orbital variations, the internal responses involving continental ice sheets and 130 m sea-level change certainly played a key role in deciding what climate response would be observed in most regions. Other changes, including Heinrich events, Dansgaard–Oeschger events and the Younger Dryas show the potential for glacial variations to influence climate even in the absence of specific orbital changes. | |  tirtha9 (436) | | | | | | | |