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The Scarlet Macaw in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
The Scarlet Macaw is an easily recognizable parrot of South America. Here it is photographed in the Yasuni National Park in Ecuador - a park that was designated a UNESCO biosphere Reserve in 1989 and covers an area of almost 10,000 km2.
By Anne Solgaard
Berchtesgaden national park, Germany
Berchtestagen national park is located in the Bavarian Alps in southern Germany bordering Austria. Established in 1978, the park was soon listed on UNESCOs list of biosphere reserves and Germany’s tallest freestanding mountain, the Watzman (2713m) is located within the park.
By Peter Prokosch
Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, Georgia
Forest relics in the neighbourhood of the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, located in central Georgia
By Peter Prokosch
Glacier mouth, Svalbard
Glaciers cover around 59% of Svalbard, which is made up of four islands, Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet, Edgerøya and Barentsrøya. Many of the glaciers in this area are known to surge, meaning that for 100 years they can remain still and silent, only to suddenly and violently move, advancing from t ...
By Peter Prokosch
Svalbard Coastline, Pilarberget at Icefjord
Pilarberget west of Longyearbyen at the Icefjord from air. The different geological layers (Lower Tertiary) are eroded in regular patterns. The cliffs provide breeding sites for tenthousands of Brünnich's guilimots and other seabirds(whitish layer). The green layer below the colonies consists of ...
By Peter Prokosch
Greenland mountains stick out the ice shield
Almost entire Greenland is covered by a massive ice shield. Only on the edges peak mountains are sticking out.
By Peter Prokosch
Geometrical scars on the land, Brazil
Here in Mato Grosso, the Amazon has been exploited in the name of agriculture, with little regard for the environmental impacts. Sugar cane and soybean plantations have replaced hectare after hectare of jungle. Since 1988 Mato Grosso has lost more forest than any other state in the Brazilian A ...
By Riccardo Pravettoni
Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, Georgia
Located in central Georgia and part of the lesser Caucasus, the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park is one of the largest in Europe. It covers more than 85,000 hectares of native forest and sub-alpine and alpine meadows, and is home to a number of endemic and relicat species of flora, and endemic s ...
By Peter Prokosch
Sea Ice North of Svalbard
Sea ice is frozen seawater that floats on the ocean surface. It forms in both the Arctic and the Antarctic in each hemisphere’s winter, and it retreats, but does not completely disappear, in the summer. It plays an important role for the climate and ecosystems. The extent and thickness of sea ic ...
By Peter Prokosch
Krossfjorden, Svalbard
The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA 2004) predicts an average 5-7 degree rise in temperature in Arctic regions by the year 2100. Krossfjorden is on the West coast of Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, and meets Kongsfjorden at the mouth, near Ny-Ålesund. Kongsfjorden has received ...
By Peter Prokosch
Geyser at Geysir, Iceland
Geysers are named after this site, Geysir, a famous tourism attraction in Iceland. They are a type of hot spring and occur only under specific conditions where water boiling deep down in a series of tubes in the ground creates explosive pressure, spurting water out into the air. The heat that i ...
By Peter Prokosch
Walrus (Odobenus Rosmarus), Svalbard
Both male and female walrus possess the same impressive and distinctive tusks, which can grow up to 1m long. A male Walrus can weigh up to 1500kg and stretch 3.5m in length. Around Svalbard, Walruses reside year-round and it is home to around 2,000 animals. Walruses survive under narrow ecolo ...
By Peter Prokosch
Little Stint (Calidris Minuta), Lena Delta
The little stint is small wading bird which feeds on insects and crustaceans. The species generally nests in the High Arctic Tundra and migrates as far South as Africa for the Winter.
By Peter Prokosch
Coastline, Vanuatu
Vanuatu's flora is thought to resemble that of the Solomon Islands and Fiji, and the reef ecosystems support a number of Australian species.
By Yannick Beaudoin
Dog sled team at rest on sea ice
The beautiful Greenland sled dog is a unique breed that has adapted to the Arctic conditions. It is a direct descendant of the wolf and can howl but not bark.
By Lawrence Hislop
Floating ice, Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica is the 5th largest continent of the world at 14 million square kilometres, and is covered by a permanent continental ice sheet. During winter the size of Antarctica doubles due to the formation of sea ice around the coasts.
By Peter Prokosch
Dried fish, traditional produce in Lofoten, Norway
Fishing is a traditional practice in Lofoten, home to around 24,500 people and an area where the industry is as strong as tourism.
By Lawrence Hislop
Traditional dog sled, Greenland
Fishing and hunting has been the primary industry for local Inuit residents for over 4500 years. The South Coast of the island has a number of small coves which provide suitable protection for fishing nets in the winter while in Winter, locals fish from holes in the ice reached by traditio ...
By Lawrence Hislop
Fishing boats in the harbour in Lofoten, Norway
When the boats in Lofoten are frozen in the harbour, the locals take to the ice on traditional dog sleds to fish from holes in the ice.
By Lawrence Hislop
Sea ice and shelf ice, Antarctic Peninsula
Unlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and is containing the major freshwater reserves of the globe. Moving permanently towards the coasts, the ...
By Peter Prokosch
Littered beach, Bali, Indonesia
The term marine pollution relates to a range of threats to the marine environment including from land-based sources, oil spills, sewage, invasive species, marine litter, overfishing, destruction of coastal habitats, heavy metals and other pollutants. These activities contribute to decreased wet ...
By Lawrence Hislop
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