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Agricultural produce, Nepal Given the high level of uncertainty regarding future runoff levels, and also the highly variable contribution of glacial water and snowmelt from the mountains, future agricultural production faces significant uncer...

By Lawrence Hislop

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 re...

By Peter Prokosch

Stones within melting glacial ice In September 2007, an RSE (Religion, Science and Environment) synopsium called Amazon: Source of Life was held. It took participants through the Amazon focusing on the 42 billion trees in the area, threats on Brazil's wa...

By Peter Prokosch

Black layers in glacial ice Icebergs can appear white, blue, green, brown or black. The colourations are caused by impurities or difference in density. The dark layers seen here indicate the presence of rock materials from the base of the glacier. ...

By Lawrence Hislop

Glacier from above Glaciers store about 75% of the world's freshwater and cover an astonishing 15,000,000 square kilometers of the World. Flying over these spectacular natural phenomena can be disorientating, as in this photograph, there c...

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 mountin...

By Lawrence Hislop

Icebergs in the sea Irregularly shaped icebergs are common around Greenland and Northern Canada and originate from the many Greenland fjords. Icebergs around this area are often very broken up due to tidal action and the fact that most of t...

By Lawrence Hislop

Glacier Mouth, Krossfjorden, Svalbard Krossfjorden lies within the Spitsbergen National Park in the Svalbard archipelago. The mountain formations in this area represent different geological periods and the site is recognized as an important monitoring statio...

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 ...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Kongsfjord, Spitzbergen Krossfjorden lies within the Spitsbergen National Park in the Svalbard archipelago. The mountain formations in this area represent different geological periods and the site is recognized as an important monitoring statio...

By Peter Prokosch

Kongsfjord, Spitzbergen, Svalbard Kongsfjord with the "Seven Sisters", the mountains in the background peaking out the glaciers, as seen from the air pollution monitoring station above the research village Ny Ålesund. At the monitoring station pollutants...

By Peter Prokosch

Iceberg in Disco Bay, Greenland The Ilulissat Icefjord in Disco Bay is one of the World's fastest flowing glaciers and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is located 250km North of the Arctic Circle and it accounts for 10% of the production of Greenland's...

By Peter Prokosch

Glacier Mouth, Spitzbergen Spitsbergen is an area strongly influenced by the warm North Atlantic current bringing heat and moisture into the Arctic. Agreat majority of Svalbard is glacier-covered. Glaciers supply water to the largest rivers, disc...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Leading edge of the Store Glacier, Greenland Store Glacier is 5.5 km wide at its front and is ranked 2nd or 3rd in iceberg discharge for west Greenland at 13.2 – 17.5 km3 year. Store Glacier is one of a number of remarkably stable Greenland ice sheet outlets amongs...

By Lawrence Hislop

Ice canyon in the Store Glacier According to available imagery dating back to 1964, Store Glacier has not significantly changed its front position in recent history. In Greenland as a whole, between 2000-2008 there has been 920 square kilometers of are...

By Lawrence Hislop

Detail of glacial ice According to available imagery dating back to 1964, Store Glacier has not significantly changed its front position in recent history. In Greenland as a whole, between 2000-2008 there has been 920 square kilometers of are...

By Lawrence Hislop

Aerial view of the Store Glacier in North West Greenland Store Gletscher, 5.5 km wide at its front, is ranked 2nd or 3rd in iceberg discharge for west Greenland at 13.2 – 17.5 km3 year. Store Glacier is one of a number of remarkably stable Greenland ice sheet outlets, having n...

By Lawrence Hislop

Icebergs 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.

By Lawrence Hislop

Clouds over peaks in Uummannaq, Greenland Uummannaq is home to 1400 people and 3000 dogs. This district boasts the largest number of Glaciers found in the one place.

By Lawrence Hislop

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