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



CROSSING A CLIMATE WATERSHED, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.Photo from World View of Global Warming by Gary Braasch

Caribou are susceptible to changes in climate, vegetation, and human activity. The tundra is now blooming slightly earlier and is experiencing drier summers and heavier winter snow. While earlier vegetation can provide nutrition for the caribou and their calves, a dry summer means the caribou will gain less weight, making it difficult for them to survive the winter.

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All photos © Gary Braasch


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