Glaciers are majestic rivers of ice that flow and carve valleys out of mountains. Unfortunately they are one of the first of natures great wonders to be negatively affected by anthropogenic warming. Thanks to rises in temperature many glaciers are now in retreat, some kilometers shorter than what they were just 50 years ago. If this trend continues some will soon cease to exist. These are some images taken around the world of retreating ice. A frozen canary in the coal mine sending a message that the world is heating up.
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| Helheim Glacier Greenland Left: May 12, 2001. Middle: July 7, 2003. Right: June 19, 2005 |
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| Okpilak Glacier, Alaska Left: June 1907. Right: August 5, 2004 |
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| Imja Glacier, Nepal Left: Autumn, 1956. Right: October 18, 2007. |
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| Holgate Glacier, Alaska. Left: July 24, 1909. Right: August 13, 2004. |
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| McCall Glacier, Alaska. Left: July 1958. Right: August 14, 2003 |
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