Climate Change Time Lapse

"Most of the time, art and science stare at each other across a gulf of mutual incomprehension." - James Balog

Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change.

James Balog’s talk was in an extra evening session, which I expected to be lighter than the rest of it, but James’s presentation was stunning. Ever imagined ice sheets as living, breathing systems? This is a talk to sit climate deniers down in front of, not to win over with arguments, just to experience at a gut level what is happening in the Arctic, and what is revealed by Balog’s extraordinary time-lapse photography. The irony of this video being sponsored by BMW is palpable. I couldn’t get to sleep that night. - Rob Hopkins