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Boats in the ice, Uummannaq, Greenland The port on the small island of Uummannaq is not deep enough to allow cruise ships in, but sufficiently deep for fishing vessels and motorboats.

By Lawrence Hislop

Tree stumps in a plantation in Canada Sustainable forest management involves the maintenance and enhancement of forest environments, ensuring longevity of forest ecosystems while allowing the best possible environmental, economic, social and cultural opportu...

By Lawrence Hislop

Antarctic Skua (Catharacta MacCormicki), Antarctic Peninsula The Arctic Skua nests in grasslands near to penguin colonies, and have earned the nickname 'Raptor' for their habit of raiding nests for eggs and young. In their own nests, the Skua will attack any intruders to their...

By Peter Prokosch

Common Seals (Phoca vitulina), Langeness, Schleswig-holstein Wadden Sea National Park We came along banks with Common Seals when 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important inter-tidal...

By Peter Prokosch

Agricultural fires, Madagascar Every year as much as a third of Madagascar burns. Fires set for land-clearing and pastureland spread into adjacent wildlands, causing damage to the islands unique ecosystems.

By Peter Prokosch

Flag and Himalayas Averaged over their entire areas, within the period 1960– 2003 glaciers in Patagonia and Alaska have thinned by approximately 35 m and 25 m, respectively, whereas high mountain glaciers in Asia have thinned by over 10...

By Lawrence Hislop

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

Boreal pine and spruce forest, south-east Norway Boreal species in Norway typically include the Norway spruce and pine. Norway's South Boreal zone is dominated by spruce, which covers 12% of Norway's land surface area.

By Peter Prokosch

Orphaned gorilla and helper, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo A helper/veterinarian from the Dian Fossey Gorilla fund minding an orphaned gorilla in its new habitat. Gorillas are susceptible to the same diseases as humans, and particularly to respiratory infections, hence the need...

By Tim Freccia

Well-managed tourists in Magdalena Fjord, Spitzbergen Magdalena Fjord in North-west Spitsbergen, with its graves of Dutch whalers, is one of the most visited sites by tourist coming to Svalbard. And yet it is well managed. - WWF once facilitated a process of developing Arct...

By Peter Prokosch

Local meatmarket offering porpoise flesh for sale, Nuuk, Greenland The main threat to porpoise is being caught in nets, though porpoise flesh is hunted consumed by Greenlanders and is attributed to the low incidence of cardiovascular disease in Greenland <a href='http://www.highnorth.no...

By Peter Prokosch

Litter on the beach, Seychelles The Republic of Seychelles comprises of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, around 1,600km East of Africa. The Seychelles is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites and is famous for it's beautiful beaches for containing th...

By Lawrence Hislop

Sea ice landscape in Uummannaq, Greenland Surface melt water nearly 6 cm thick covers the still frozen sea ice near Uummannaq, where the local Inuit population rely heavily on ice coverage for fishing and travel by traditional dog-sled.

By Lawrence Hislop

Seaside Lofoten, Norway Seaside Lofoten: One of Norways premier tourist destinations. In 2008 the United Nations Environment Program expressed extreme concern for the implications of climate change on the Arctic regions. A warming Arctic...

By Lawrence Hislop

Halibut (Reinhardtius Hippoglossoides) on drying racks, Uummannaq, Greenland Halibut is a deepwater fish found in abundance in the fjords of West Greenland, where it has been harvested for centuries and is considered a delicacy when air-dried outdoors for a number of months .

By Lawrence Hislop

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, heav...

By Lawrence Hislop

Icebergs in Uummannaq, Greenland A study by <a href= http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/earth20110308.html>NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory</a> in 2010 put Greenland and Antarctic Ice sheets as the dominant contributors to sea level rise, ahead o...

By Lawrence Hislop

Houses collapsing due to coastal erosion The situation in Shishmaref is not helped by the fact that in addition to the encroaching ocean swells, the melting of Permafrost (the frozen layer of earth and rock that exists in perennial cold climates) destabilizes t...

By Lawrence Hislop

Snow mobile travel over sea ice in Uummannaq, Greenland In July 2009, the Arctic sea ice extent for the month of July was the third lowest for that month in the satellite record, after 2007 and 2006. The average rate of melt in July was nearly identical to that of July 2007. ...

By Lawrence Hislop

Deschampsia antarctica, one of only 2 flowering plants found in Antarctic Peninsula Less than 1% of Antarctica is available for colonisation by plants. Only two flowering plants are found on the entire continent, which occur on the western Antarctic peninsular - the Antarctic hair grass, Deschampsia Ant...

By Peter Prokosch

Zanzibar: Dhow racing in the afternoon Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It is composed of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 kilometres off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and t...

By Yannick Beadoin

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