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Glacier time-lapse images reveal 'epochal change'
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/13/pol-glaciers-time-lapse-environment.html[font face=Times,Times New Roman,Serif][font size=5]Glacier time-lapse images reveal 'epochal change'[/font]
[font size=4]U.S. photography wants to bring time-lapse cameras to B.C. coastal glacier[/font]
By Max Paris, Environment Unit, CBC News | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 4:22 PM ET | Last Updated: Jan 13, 2012 8:55 PM ET
[font size=3]Nothing is quite as damning or convincing as photo evidence.
And when James Balog looked over his time-lapse photography of an Icelandic glacier, everything he thought he knew about climate change .... changed.
"Your basic human perception of this stuff is that major epochal, geologic scale change happened a long time ago or will happen a long time in the future.
"|But| when we looked at these pictures, we realized — good God — we're right in the middle of epochal change happening right now. It's happening right in front of our cameras," recounts Balog, an American photographer, mountaineer and founder of the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS).
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http://player.vimeo.com/video/5414354
[font size=4]U.S. photography wants to bring time-lapse cameras to B.C. coastal glacier[/font]
By Max Paris, Environment Unit, CBC News | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 4:22 PM ET | Last Updated: Jan 13, 2012 8:55 PM ET
[font size=3]Nothing is quite as damning or convincing as photo evidence.
And when James Balog looked over his time-lapse photography of an Icelandic glacier, everything he thought he knew about climate change .... changed.
"Your basic human perception of this stuff is that major epochal, geologic scale change happened a long time ago or will happen a long time in the future.
"|But| when we looked at these pictures, we realized — good God — we're right in the middle of epochal change happening right now. It's happening right in front of our cameras," recounts Balog, an American photographer, mountaineer and founder of the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS).
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http://www.extremeicesurvey.org/index.php
http://www.extremeicesurvey.org/index.php/new_gallery/