Frightening images reveal ice worlds to fusion

These striking images highlight the earth ice cream And the fight to save him. Two -thirds of the glaciers can disappear by the end of the century, threatening ecosystems and global water supplies. The images took some of the best prices in the Water walking competitionDirected by UNESCO and Onewater. UNESCO has appointed 2025 as the international year of preserving glaciers.

Julia Roger-Keener received second place in the European category for her atmospheric photos of the sea of ​​ice, the largest glacier in France, in Chamonix. The above image was taken inside a mill, a huge hole carved in the glacier by fusion water, while the photo below looks inside a cave created by a glacial retreat. Roger-Keke climbs and photographs the sea of ​​ice every fall. Each year, the glacier removes approximately 40 meters. In an announcement on her victory, she said that she expects her to “probably be a helpless witness” of her disappearance.

Michele Lapini won the first prize in the Europe category for his shooting the effort to save the presena glacier in the north of Italy (below). Vital for the alpine ecosystem, the surface of the glacier increased from 68 hectares to 41 between 1993 and 2003, according to Lapini.

In 2008, environmentalists began to spread the textile leaves on the glacier each summer to Fusion. The photo shows a worker picks up sheets during the fall before the first snow. The effort can have Ice reduction by two thirds, but cannot suspend the loss of ice. As Lapini writes, “climate change cannot be attenuated by rapid fixes located alone”.

The World Prize for Competition is sponsored by MPB, its regional prize in Asia is sponsored by the Asian Development Bank and its regional European prize by the City of Burghausen.