Issues: Global Warming

Polar Thaw: Global Warming in the Arctic and Antarctic
Photographs from 'World View of Global Warming' by Gary Braasch

 
Link to intro
  
Link: Journey to the ice
Link: Glacier gives way
Link: Warming Adelie penguins
Link: Garden research
Link: Caribou crossing a climate watershed
Link: Native folkways eroding away
 Link: Disintegrating ice shelf
Link: Polar thaw bears down
Link: Adelie penguins
Link: Boreal overview
Link: Dying forests
Link: Tipping the balance



JOURNEY TO THE ICE, Northern Bellingshausen Sea.Photo from World View of Global Warming by Gary Braasch

The R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker cruises the Antarctic Peninsula, collecting ocean floor sediment samples, which scientists use to build a record of ice shelf changes. These samples provide a 15,000-year history of climate shifts that help scientists understand the changes taking place today.

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All photos © Gary Braasch


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