Oasis of Stone, Visions of Baja California
by Miguel Ángel de la Cueva, Associate Fellow, International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), July 8, 2013
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Monday, July 8, 2013
Oasis of Stone, Visions of Baja California by Miguel Ángel de la Cueva, July 8, 2013
Oasis of Stone, Visions of Baja California
by Miguel Ángel de la Cueva, Associate Fellow, International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), July 8, 2013
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Siberia’s Baikal: The Greatest Lake by Boyd Norton, September 6, 2012
by Boyd Norton, Fellow, International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), September 6, 2012
You know, we Siberians live in fear of being exiled to Moscow, says Leonid Yevseyev, and we both laugh. Yevseyev, a native-born Siberian, is beside me on a promontory as we look out over a stunning panorama – the mountain-rimmed lake called “Baikal.” Here the land plunges one hundred feet to waters that are a vibrant blue-green, so transparent that rocks 10 feet beneath the surface are clearly visible in the glaring sun. Bordering the meadow around us is a dense forest of pine and larch, spreading a resinous fragrance. Exiled to Moscow? Leonid and I agree: only if they take us away from here at gunpoint.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Saving Serengeti by Boyd Norton, July 7, 2012
Saving Serengeti
by Boyd Norton, July 7, 2012
It is one of the most famous names in the world. Almost any schoolchild, no matter where, can tell you about it. Many companies and services have adopted the appellation. Sunglasses and clothing lines are named for it. A Google search turns up 16M references. The very name rings with the sound of the exotic. It has become an icon of wild places.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
British Columbia’s Threatened Sacred Headwaters by Carr Clifton, May 8, 2012
British Columbia’s Threatened Sacred Headwaters
It is not often a photographer has the opportunity to explore lands which have rarely, if ever, been captured by the lens of a camera. Collaborating with National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and author Wade Davis, and the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), photographer Carr Clifton was fortunate enough to have had this experience in the Sacred Headwaters of British Columbia.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Kamchatka, Russia's Wild East by Igor Shpilenok and Laura Williams, April 15, 2012
by Igor Shpilenok and Laura Williams, International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), March 13, 2014
Friday, March 16, 2012
TIBET: Culture at the Edge Devotion, Development & Climate Change by Phil Borges, March 16, 2012
TIBET: Culture at the Edge Devotion, Development & Climate Change
Itook my first trip to Tibet in 1994 to collect interviews and portraits for my book Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion. When I returned in 2009, I could barely believe the amount of development that had happened. When I flew to Lhasa fifteen years before, my 737 from Katmandu was nearly empty. This time I arrived from Beijing on an Airbus 330 with every seat filled! The road from Lhasa’s new modern airport was now paved and went through a new tunnel and set of bridges that cut 45-minutes off the trip. As I approached Lhasa, the highway divided. What I remembered as a rough two-lane road, which ran through town and hosted an occasional vehicle, was now a six-lane highway full of taxis, SUVs, trucks and buses. Other than the Potala Palace that loomed above the town, I hardly recognized any of the buildings.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Life on Thin Ice™ by Jenny E. Ross, February 16, 2012
Life on Thin Ice™
Human-caused atmospheric warming is fundamentally altering the climate system that supports life on Earth as we know it. Nowhere is this fact more apparent – and more globally crucial – than in the Arctic, where temperatures are heating up more rapidly than anywhere in the world. As vast expanses of Arctic sea ice melt and disappear, ice-dependent species are facing dire threats to their continued survival, and the entire planet is losing an essential air-conditioning system. In addition, the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet is already causing sea level to rise worldwide. By the end of this century, if emissions of planet-heating pollutants continue at the current pace, this is expected to result in flooding of major coastal cities and inundation of low-lying countries. Furthermore, thawing permafrost beneath the tundra and on the arctic seafloor will ultimately release huge quantities of powerful greenhouse gases, potentially causing runaway climate warming on a scale unprecedented for tens of millions of years. The long-term consequences will be catastrophic not only for life in the Arctic but also for life across the globe.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The World of Wild Orchids by Christian Ziegler, January 19, 2012
Christian Ziegler: The World of Wild Orchids
Confucius called them the “king of fragrant plants,” and John Ruskin condemned them as “prurient apparitions.” Across the centuries, orchids have captivated us with their elaborate exoticism, powerful perfumes and sublime seductiveness. But the disquieting beauty of orchids is an unplanned marvel of evolution, and the story of orchids is as captivating as any novel. As acclaimed writers Michael Pollan and National Geographic photographer Christian Ziegler spin tales of orchid conquest in Deceptive Beauties: The World of Wild Orchids, we learn how these flowers can survive and thrive in the harshest of environments, from tropical cloud forests to the Arctic and from semi-deserts to rocky mountainsides, and how their shapes, colors and scents are, as Darwin put it, “beautiful contrivances” meant to dupe pollinating male insects in the strangest ways.
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