The World’s Vanishing Glaciers – Photos By James Balog

Birthday Canyon, Greenland Ice Sheet, Greenland, June 2009. Courtesy of James Balog

It is very sad to see what is happening to our planet Earth.

The glacial ice is melting in the Alps, Greenland, the Himalayas and in other parts of the world.

James Balog, an environmental photographer spent more than six years taking photographs to document the vanishing glaciers.

But do we care?

We have to do our part to take good care of our planet because it is our responsibilities to do so.

Please click the photos for larger images:

Aerial view of pancake ice, Ilulissat Isfjord, Greenland, March 2008. Courtesy of James Balog

Close up of an iceberg, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska, Sept 2010. Courtesy of James Balog

Greenland Ice Sheet, Greenland, July 2008, Silt and soot blown from afar turn into black “cryoconite,” absorb solar heat and melt down into ice. Courtesy of James Balog

“Ice diamond,” Jökulsárlón, Iceland, Feb 2008. Courtesy of James Balog

Aerial view of meltwater on Greenland Ice Sheet, June 2010. Courtesy of James Balog

“In the past one million years, the peak of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere has been 280-290 parts per million (ppm). We’re now at 395 ppm and adding more every year. It’s gone beyond natural and is affecting the entire world,” Balog says. Courtesy of James Balog

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