��ҹ��1000��

Skip to content

Name: Glacier Requiem Location: Rh?ne Glacier The picture presents a view of the Rhone Glacier, a significant entity in the Swiss Alps. However, the glacier's usual icy-blue appearance is replaced with a stark grey, a consequence of being covered in UV protection sheets. This intervention is a result of efforts to slow the glacier's rapid melting due to climate change. The sheets, an unconventional sight in such a natural landscape, offer a physical representation of the impact of global warming on our planet. A person, a small figure in the grand scheme of the landscape, is seen walking atop the sheets. This human presence serves as a reminder of our role in the glacier's current state and the measures being taken to protect it. The Rhone Glacier is a vital natural resource, playing several critical roles in the local and global ecosystem. As the primary source of the Rhone River, it provides essential freshwater for ecosystems and human activities downstream in Switzerland and France, supporting agriculture and hydroelectric power generation. The glacier's health directly affects these water-dependent systems. Furthermore, it's a significant climate change indicator. Its rapid retreat, losing around 40% of its volume in the past century, visually demonstrates the impacts of global warming. Additionally, the glacier supports unique alpine ecosystems and contributes to biodiversity. Paulo Sousa from Porto, Portugal Winner of Photographer of the Year

Environment

Prize-winning photos highlight the impact of climate change on nature

A glacier under covers, a fish in danger of losing its home and threatened African penguins feature in the best entries to the Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition

News

Close up of a horseshoe crab

Video

Winning images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023

Video

Hiroshi Sugimoto: 'I'm borrowing important scientists' experiences'

Video

Hiroshi Sugimoto: 'I'm borrowing important scientists' experiences'

Video

Life

Winning images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023

News

cf. Mycena (???) Reserva Los Cedros, Cotacachi, Ecuador

Life

Fascinating photos of fungi show their diversity

Regulars

Lewis Burnett - Manta

Life

See this award-winning shot of a reef manta ray taken by a drone

Regulars

Solar Flare X1 from AR2994 in ?Motion? ? Miguel Claro Photograph of the Sun taken from a 27-minute timelapse of a solar, flare which took place on 30 April 2022. Taken with a Sky-Watcher Esprit ED120 telescope, Daystar Quark Chromosphere filter, Sky-Watcher EQ6 mount, Player One Apollo M-Max Solar camera, 840 mm, 900 frames at 9.1 ms per frame (recorded as video at 109 FPS) Location: Dark Sky Alqueva region, ?vora district, Portugal

Comment

See the remarkable photos up for Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Regulars

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Pollinator Pathmaker LAS Edition, Digital Render, Pollinator Vision ? 2023

Life

Stunning photos show how an AI algorithm could help insect pollinators

Regulars

See some of the images up for the Earth Photo 2023 competition

Earth

See some of the images up for the Earth Photo 2023 competition

Regulars

Lastrea focnisecii; Anna Atkins (British, 1799 - 1871), and Anne Dixon (British, 1799 - 1877); 1853; Cyanotype; 25.4 ?? 19.4 cm (10 ?? 7 5/8 in.); 84.XO.227.24; No Copyright - United States (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/)

Comment

New book collates the pioneering photographs of Anna Atkins

The 19th-century British botanist used an early photographic technique to document plants and algae, and in 1843 released the first ever book illustrated with photographs

Regulars

Comment

See a prize-winning photograph of mating golden-tabbed robber flies

Regulars

Comment

See our pick of the entries for the Sony World Photography Awards

Regulars

Technology

Video games have been getting perspective wrong, but now there's a fix

News

Earth

Some of the stunning winners of the Sony World Photography Awards

Regulars