Tag: Extreme Ice Survey

The Canary In The Coal Mine: Climate Change in Time Lapse Photography

Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss: James Balog on TED.com

Ninety five percent of the glaciers in the world are retreating or shrinking… there is no scientific dispute about that

Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2009, July 2009 in Oxford, England. Duration: 19:22)