Water reservoirs are dwindling.

huffingtonpost.com Abstract art at Burning Man? Nope, these are empty boat slips protruding from an abandoned dock at Nevada’s Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Lake Mead is North America’s largest man-made reservoir, storing water for millions of people across seven states. 

Lake Mead, Nevada

huffingtonpost.com Thanks to 14 years of drought fueled by climate change, and increased demand from cities, agriculture, and the oil and gas industry, Lake Mead is drying up.

Lake Powell, Utah

climate.nasa.gov Prolonged drought has also caused a dramatic drop in Lake Powell’s water level. Lake Powell is another Southwestern reservoir that supplies water to millions of homes in Arizona and Utah. These NASA images show the northern part of the lake, which is actually a deep, narrow, meandering reservoir that extends from Arizona upstream into southern Utah. The left image, from 1999, shows water levels near full capacity. The image on the right, taken in May 2014, shows the lake has dropped to 42 percent of capacity.

Drought in California

npr.org At the end of June 2014, California’s 154 intrastate reservoirs stood at only 60% of their historical average, yet there are twice as many people living in the state than ever before.

It is bad for everyone

ecowatch.org California supplies almost 100 percent of America’s carrots, avocados, strawberries, almonds, grapes, etc. Lots of livestock, too. But because of the drought, California’s topsoil moisture and subsoil moisture reserves are nearly depleted and the state’s rangeland and pastures were rated 70% very poor to poor on July 27. As a result, food prices are on the rise. If you’ve never thought about climate change as a threat to food security, it’s time to start.

A hotter, more toxic atmosphere isn’t the only negative consequence of melting Arctic ice.

businessinsider.com As the glaciers and ice sheets turn from solid to liquid, sea levels are rising. This means things that didn’t used to be underwater–like island nations and beachfront properties–are getting wet.

Recently, every rainy season in the San Blas Islands brings massive flooding as a result of rising ocean levels caused by global warming. In the foreground, a traffic sign reading “Slow Down” is partially submerged.

And what if polar ice melts completely, as many scientists say it will if we can’t stop climate change?

globalchangeblog.com Well, the sea will swell by approximately 216 feet, many island nations will be completely swallowed up, and North America will get a new coastline.

While the oceans are swelling, they’re also warming up and becoming more acidic

confluence.furman.edu Ocean acidification is the direct result of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere from fossil fuels. When CO2 dissolves in water, carbonic acid is formed. This acid decreases the ability of many marine organisms (like the coral above) to build and maintain their shells and skeletal structures.

Scientists say the warmer, toxic nature of the ocean could be what’s causing massive fish die-offs around the world.

foxnews.com Thousands of dead fish wash up along boat slips at the Marina Del Rey, Calif. on Monday, May 19, 2014.

Warmer waters also give rise to other nasty stuff, like algae blooms.

ecowatch.comThe recent toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie forced over 500,000 people to go without water.

usatoday.com Scientists say that the bloom was caused by heavy rainfall that washed larger than normal amounts of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and other pollutants into the lake. As climate change progresses, severe precipitation, in places that don’t usually get lots of rain, will become more common. This puts every single lake, river, and stream in jeopardy of the same algae bloom that recently devastated the Great Lakes region.

Speaking of extreme weather:

washingtonpost.com This rare December 2013 snowfall in Jerusalem was the city’s heaviest since 1953.

slate.com Residents walk on a road littered with debris after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines. More than 10,000 dead in what weather experts called one of the strongest storms in recorded history.

vosizneias.com Firefighters from Stockton, Calif., put out flames off of Hidden Valley Rd. while fighting a wildfire, Friday, May 3, 2013 in Hidden Valley, Calif.

nationalgeographic.com A dust storm called a haboob—which is Arabic for “violent wind”—slams Phoenix, Arizona.

theatlantic.com A raging waterfall destroys a bridge along Highway 34 toward Estes Park, Colorado, as flooding devastates the Front Range and thousands were forced to evacuate, on September 13, 2013.

shankbone The FDR Drive flooded after Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday October 30th.

dailymail.co.uk Cars lie half-submerged in a flooded parking lot after Hurricane Sandy hit New York

It will only get worse and not just in U.S. but everywhere, Where ever you are you will be affected, We have seen pictures like these before but still we are in denial.

After seeing all of this we realized that it is the only planet we ever call it home, Apart from science fiction and space travelling this is the reality for us and for our children, This is our home we have to save it because let’s face it. There is no Plan B.