Kivalina is located on a small island once guarded by sea ice, which is now melting due to global warming. While the sea threatens to wipe the village off the face of the Earth, its inhabitants refuse to give up their lives and traditions.
The last ten years have been the most “exceptional” and hottest decade ever, with extreme weather hitting people and ecosystems harder and more frequently. 2019 is also on course to becoming the second or third hottest year since records began.
In just 15 days, two icebergs that cover thousands of square kilometres broke off from Chile’s Grey Glacier. Such alarming events are taking place more frequently due to rising temperatures.
As the world discusses climate action at COP24, artist Olafur Eliasson’s Ice Watch installation shows us what’s happening in the Arctic. The ice blocks are on exhibit in front of London’s Tate. Until they’ll melt.
The oldest and thickest sea ice in the Arctic has broken up for the first time on record. The event has been caused by the unusual heat wave that hit the area this summer.
Hidden in the Arctic ice on a remote island in the Svalbard archipelago, the Global Seed Vault protects the Earth’s crop diversity. Now, 10 years after its construction, the vault must be made even more impregnable to withstand climate change.
It finally broke off. The iceberg A68, twice the size of Luxemburg, is no longer part of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf, which could also collapse.
Photographer Paul Nicklen opens a gallery in New York entirely devoted to bringing the need for environmental protection to the attention of its visitors.
It has been an unusual winter at the Earth’s poles. Sea ice is shrinking at an accelerating rate and its extent has fallen to a new record low.
Alarming data come from the Arctic Circle. Abnormal temperatures and near-record low sea ice coverage. Experts warn: “Lost ice can’t recover”.
