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Poisoned for profit — Steven (left), a 16-year-old high school student, traveled from Queens to the Global Climate Strike in Manhattan on Sept. 20. He said: "If this keeps going, we won't be around for much longer. There needs to be a change, it needs to happen now."

Poisoned for profit

Running out of time — A climate protester in New York holds a sign displaying a quote by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg: "I don't want your hope. I want you to panic."

Running out of time

Striking in Denmark — People demonstrate with placards during the Global Climate Strike at Raadhuspladsen in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Striking in Denmark

Parisian protest

Parisian protest

"We build, we rise, we resist" — Children in Australia and the Pacific Islands kicked off a millions-strong global climate strike on September 20 -- heeding the rallying cry of teen activist Greta Thunberg and demanding adults take action to stave off environmental disaster.

"We build, we rise, we resist"

"Save our future" — A group of Indonesian children hold placards as they take part in a global climate change campaign in Surabaya.

"Save our future"

Students step up

Students step up

Climate justice warriors

Climate justice warriors

Mindy Weisberger is a senior writer for Live Science covering general science topics, especially those relating to brains, bodies, and behaviors in humans and other animals — living and extinct. Mindy studied filmmaking at Columbia University; her videos about dinosaurs, biodiversity, human origins, evolution, and astrophysics appear in the American Museum of Natural History, on YouTube, and in museums and science centers worldwide. Follow Mindy on Twitter.