Global warming : the historical photographic evidence

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Autor(a) principal: Blair, Peter
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10437/11641
Resumo: The photographic record of the Alps stretches from the 1840s to the present day and therefore provides visual evidence and significant insight into the devastating impact of global warming on alpine glaciers. In this study, we match photographs from around 1860, 1910 and today, from the same viewpoint, to provide a visual narrative of change in the glaciers of Chamonix Mont-Blanc. During a cooler period in the 16th-19th centuries, now known as the “Little Ice Age”, glaciers descended into alpine valleys and destroyed villages. The most recent maximum of alpine glaciers was attained in the 1820s. They remained fairly close to this maximum until the late 1860s, allowing early photographers to capture them in all their glory. Since then, glaciers have been in general retreat, with shrinkage accelerating on the back of global warming caused by human activity. The speed of change is alarming and is a concern not merely for skiers and alpinists.
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spelling Global warming : the historical photographic evidenceAUDIOVISUALFOTOGRAFIAAQUECIMENTO GLOBALPHOTOGRAPHYGLOBAL WARMINGThe photographic record of the Alps stretches from the 1840s to the present day and therefore provides visual evidence and significant insight into the devastating impact of global warming on alpine glaciers. In this study, we match photographs from around 1860, 1910 and today, from the same viewpoint, to provide a visual narrative of change in the glaciers of Chamonix Mont-Blanc. During a cooler period in the 16th-19th centuries, now known as the “Little Ice Age”, glaciers descended into alpine valleys and destroyed villages. The most recent maximum of alpine glaciers was attained in the 1820s. They remained fairly close to this maximum until the late 1860s, allowing early photographers to capture them in all their glory. Since then, glaciers have been in general retreat, with shrinkage accelerating on the back of global warming caused by human activity. The speed of change is alarming and is a concern not merely for skiers and alpinists.CICANT2021-01-14T15:59:14Z2020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10437/11641engISSN 2184-1241Blair, Peterinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-09T14:10:45Zoai:recil.ensinolusofona.pt:10437/11641Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:17:26.591633Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Global warming : the historical photographic evidence
title Global warming : the historical photographic evidence
spellingShingle Global warming : the historical photographic evidence
Blair, Peter
AUDIOVISUAL
FOTOGRAFIA
AQUECIMENTO GLOBAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
GLOBAL WARMING
title_short Global warming : the historical photographic evidence
title_full Global warming : the historical photographic evidence
title_fullStr Global warming : the historical photographic evidence
title_full_unstemmed Global warming : the historical photographic evidence
title_sort Global warming : the historical photographic evidence
author Blair, Peter
author_facet Blair, Peter
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Blair, Peter
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv AUDIOVISUAL
FOTOGRAFIA
AQUECIMENTO GLOBAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
GLOBAL WARMING
topic AUDIOVISUAL
FOTOGRAFIA
AQUECIMENTO GLOBAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
GLOBAL WARMING
description The photographic record of the Alps stretches from the 1840s to the present day and therefore provides visual evidence and significant insight into the devastating impact of global warming on alpine glaciers. In this study, we match photographs from around 1860, 1910 and today, from the same viewpoint, to provide a visual narrative of change in the glaciers of Chamonix Mont-Blanc. During a cooler period in the 16th-19th centuries, now known as the “Little Ice Age”, glaciers descended into alpine valleys and destroyed villages. The most recent maximum of alpine glaciers was attained in the 1820s. They remained fairly close to this maximum until the late 1860s, allowing early photographers to capture them in all their glory. Since then, glaciers have been in general retreat, with shrinkage accelerating on the back of global warming caused by human activity. The speed of change is alarming and is a concern not merely for skiers and alpinists.
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