paintings, writing, and explorations in sound
About 10% of the world's fresh water is stored in the Greeland ice sheet: a cap of freshwater ice that covers more than 50,000 km² of inland Greenland's landmass. If the Greenland ice sheet melts completely, predictions are that the release of that 10% of water will raise our planet's sea level about 7 metres.… Continue reading Greenland ice sheet: sensitive + melting fast
Small ice sculptures in the shape of humans were placed on the steps of the music hall in Gendarmenmarkt public square in Berlin on Sept. 2, The Winnipeg Sun reported. Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo made one thousand of the ice figurines, which began melting immediately on the sun-soaked cement. Many melted within 30 minutes. The… Continue reading Nele Azevedo: Melting Men
You’d think it would be simple to write a post defining “moulins” – an ice phenom that appears in glaciers – but instead I’ve spent the last hour completely distracted by the beauty of photographs like this one. No matter how often I see photos of glacial ice formations, the colours and scale blow me… Continue reading phenom: moulin
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