ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photo by Simon Norfolk @simonnorfolkstudio I With climate change standing as one of the most pressing issues facing our future, photography is increasingly used as a catalyst to elicit change. I just returned from a trip to Switzerland with Klaus Thymann of @projectpressure to photograph the Rhône Glacier, which is disappearing at a colossal rate. A small shop there carves an ice grotto in the glacier and charges tourists for the experience of stepping into the blue ice—so it's been worth their money to attempt to slow the glacier’s retreat. They've invested heavily in a special thermal blanket that has kept about 25 meters (82 feet of depth) of ice from disappearing, keeping the ice grotto intact. However, after a few harsh winters on the mountain, the blanket is starting to disintegrate. And unfortunately the method is not scaleable: we can't do this to all the world’s ice. The gesture is as forlorn and doomed as the glacier itself. So with heavy lament, we now know that this glacier, which has existed for millennia, will disappear within the lifetime of children born today. This image is part of a series dedicated to raising environmental awareness through photography. For more, follow @simonnorfolkstudio @projectpressure #glaciers #simonnorfolk #rhoneglacier #Switzerland #climatechange」5月19日 21時35分