In this photo, meltwater collects in a heavily - and regularly - crevassed trough of the Greenlandic Ice sheet approximately 90km southeast of Ilulissat during August, 2014. Greenland is the world’s second largest icecap, after Antarctica, of course, and the melting and thinning of it will have a significant impact on global sea levels in the future. #Greenland #jakobshavnglacier #climate #climatephoto #icemelt #aerialphoto #greenlandphoto A post shared by Daniel Beltra (@danielbeltraphoto) on Apr 20, 2015 at 10:20am PDT
Meltwater flows into an unnamed seasonal lake atop the Greenlandic ice sheet during August, 2014, about 100km southeast of Ilulissat. The ice is sullied by "dark snow" which is ash, dust and soot that has been deposited by global winds. These materials lower the reflectivity of the ice and retain heat from sunlight which can double the melt rate. Melting of Greenlandic ice was responsible for a 1.2mm increase in global sea level rise last year according to the Danish Meteorological Institute. #Greenland #climate #icemelt #aerialphoto #greenlandphoto #cryoconite #cryoconitephoto #climatechange #climatephoto #climatechangephoto #greenlandmelts A post shared by Daniel Beltra (@danielbeltraphoto) on Apr 24, 2015 at 9:39pm PDT
A supply ship cruises towards the location of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, leaving a frothy mix of oil and seawater in its wake. The recent news that the U.S. Interior Department will allow an expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling is the exact opposite of the action needed to reduce our carbon emissions. Expanding the production and usage of petroleum products only pushes is further away from the goals to limit the impacts of global warming. We've already seen multiple examples of the environmental devastation that results when offshore oil drilling efforts go awry, but it seems we've largely forgotten these "inconvenient truths." #spill #oilspill #gulfofmexico #climatechange #globalwarming #fossilfuels #oil #gulfoilspill #bpgulfoilspill #mindshift #ilcp_photographers #catherineedelmangallery #blueearthphoto #climatechangeisreal #greenpeace #greenpeaceusa #greenpeaceinternational A post shared by Daniel Beltra (@danielbeltraphoto) on Jan 26, 2018 at 10:00am PST
