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Antarctic Peninsula
Glaciers and ice caps form in places where snow and ice build-up during the winter is more than the amount of melt during the warmer seasons. This build-up of snow gradually becomes denser and is compressed into ice, which is driven by gravity to slide and to flow downhill from the highest point ...
By Peter Prokosch
Wet Tundra at Northern Yamal, Russian Arctic.
The Tundra is home to a very unique ecosystem, where the sun shines all day or not at all and wind blows constantly. Permafrost creates poor drainage in these areas meaning that the ground turns into soggy bogs in Summer and despite the biting cold, the environment is one of the driest in the World.
By Peter Prokosch
Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash), Nairobi, Kenya
The distinctively loud and recognisable haa-haa-haa-de-dah call of the Hadada relates to its name. The call is one of the most typical and often heard in urban areas in Nairobi and other places in Africa. This common Ibis is found in many African countries and throughout open grasslands, savanna ...
By Peter Prokosch
Silk tree, Albizia julibrissin
Albizia julibrissin is known by a wide variety of common names, such as Persian silk tree or pink siris. The species is usually called "silk tree" or "mimosa" .
By Peter Prokosch
Foggy peak in Uummannaq, Greenland
The Arctic is a highly sensitive region that is being profoundly affected by the changing climate. Temperatures in this region are rising twice as fast at they are anywhere else in the world. Sea ice covers parts of the Uummannaq Fjord for many months of the year. For the Arctic, the area c ...
By Lawrence Hislop
Preparing dogs for crossing sea ice
The lead dog in a sled team is highly valuable to the musher and is often considered family.
By Lawrence Hislop
Local ice fishermen in a permafrost cave, Siberia
Soil in the far Northern permafrost can be frozen several hundred meters deep. Permafrost soil has a constant year-round temperature of 0 degrees or lower and forms a solid foundation for building upon. Some permafrost caves were traditionally used as storage space for food during Summer. The a ...
By Peter Prokosch
Glacier from the air
Changes in glaciers and ice caps provide some of the clearest indicators of climate change and impacts on global sea levels. The latest UNEP/World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) publication shows that there is mounting evidence of a general retreating trend in glaciers in the Arctic and that ...
By Lawrence Hislop
Kamchatka Brown Bear (Ursus Arctos Beringianus) fishing for Salmon
By Peter Prokosch
Aerial view of the Amazon Jungle
August 2009, flying over the Mato Grosso region in Brazil, there is evidence of dramatic change. The entire ecosystem is threatened by the impacts of agriculture, along with the indigenous populations who make this their home. For them, the forest provides a habitat in which to live, an environm ...
By Riccardo Pravettoni
Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax Atriceps), Antarctic Peninsula
The Imperial Shag, otherwise known as the Imperial Cormorant, hunts in 'rafts', or large groups of hundreds which dive down together in "pursuit-diving" of fish, at up to 25 metres depth. Given that the Imperial Shag has a small range and is usually found in small populations, pollution or ...
By Peter Prokosch
Remnants of a village and former Stalin camp, Siberia
Permafrost is a layer of earth that remains frozen solid throughout the entire year. Recent observations show that permafrost temperatures have increased during the last 20-30 years in almost all areas of the Northern Hemisphere, softening the earth. In the Arctic, this is affecting landscape st ...
By Peter Prokosch
Gangplank into the sea, Seychelles
The Seychelles Islands' main economic activities are (understandably) tourism and fishing. Both of these industries depend on the continued health and sustainable management of the islands' coastal and marine ecosystems.
By Lawrence Hislop
Mangroves and Shorebirds in the Lamu area, Indian Ocean coast of Kenya
The mangrove and tidal flat habitats in the area of Lamu on the Indian ocean coast of North-East Kenya, close to the border of Somalia, are known as some of the most extensive and species-rich along the entire coast of East Africa. They form a very important value in terms of biodiversity, clima ...
By Peter Prokosch
Maassai People, Kraal near Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya
The Maasai live in Kraals arranged in a circular fashion. The fence around the kraal is made of acacia thorns, which prevent lions from attacking the cattle. It is a man's responsibility to fence the kraal. While women construct the houses. Traditionally, kraals are shared by an extended family. ...
By Peter Prokosch
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), Mabamba Bay Wetland, Victoria Lake, Uganda 09 peter prokosch 030
The Shoebill is a very large stork-like bird, which mainly lives in swamps in Sudan, Uganda, eastern Zaire and Zambia. Its total population is estimated at between 5 000 and 8 000 individuals and classified as Vulnerable. Main threats are habitat destruction, disturbance and hunting. - Shoebills ...
By Peter Prokosch
Rainbow Milkweed Locust, (Phymateus saxosus), Madagascar
the Rainbow Milkweed Locust, (Phymateus saxosus) is a toxic species of Madagascar grasshoppers. Its toxicity comes from eating milkweed. Local people call the species tumateus.
By Peter Prokosch
The importance of trees
Trees are of invaluable importance to our environment and to human well being. They give us clean water to drink, air to breathe, shade and food to humans, animals and plants. They provide habitats for numerous species of fauna and flora, firewood for cooking and heat, materials for buildings an ...
By Peter Prokosch
Rainforest in Sumatra, Indonesia
The search for minerals and the subsequent road constructions are often the first steps for major deforestation as is occurring here in the province of Riau/Sumatra, Indonesia.
By Peter Prokosch
Bear Island, Svalbard
The Svalbard archipelago is located in the Arctic Ocean, between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole. Half way between the Norwegian mainland and the main island Spitsbergen the isolated Bear Island (Bjørnøya) is positioned. With its steep cliffs it hosts huge colonies of seabirds, such as ...
By Peter Prokosch
Knot (Calidris canutus canutus) breeding in high Arctic tundra during snow-storm, Sterlegova, Great Arctic Reserve, Taimyr, Northern Siberia, Russia
The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the largest non-stop leaps known from any species along all the main continental co ...
By Peter Prokosch
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