Posts Tagged ‘ice caps’

Baffin Island Ice Caps: See Them While You Can

A glacier on the northeast coast of Baffin Island (photo courtesy of Ansgar Walk).Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder report that the northern plateau ice caps of Baffin Island have shrunk by more than half in the past 50 years. At that rate, they say, the ice caps will be gone by mid-century.

Photo courtesy of Ansgar Walk, [...]

Weekend Web Review: Canary Project Visualizes a Warming Earth

Earth from space (NASA)The Canary Project is banking not only on the old saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words," but that the right picture — or pictures — can resonate and inspire viewers to take action against global warming.

Founded in 2006, The New York-based Canary Project initially set out to build public awareness of climate change by photographing landscapes around the world that are already feeling the impact. It has

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