Xennial Memes
Two stacked photos of the same fjord. Top: a sepia photo of a man in a small rowboat in front of a massive, towering glacier wall. Bottom: a color photo of a person in a red jacket in a gray inflatable boat marked GREENPEACE, with bare mountains and only a thin strip of ice behind.

Glacier Then and Now: Ice Wall Gone

A before-and-after glacier comparison shows a towering ice wall reduced to a sliver, a stark climate change reminder for Xennials who learned about it in science class.

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Two stacked photos of the same fjord. Top: a sepia photo of a man in a small rowboat in front of a massive, towering glacier wall. Bottom: a color photo of a person in a red jacket in a gray inflatable boat marked GREENPEACE, with bare mountains and only a thin strip of ice behind.

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