The melting edge of sea ice where it meets the open ocean during the Antarctic summer. Los angeles international airport

The melting edge of sea ice where it meets the open ocean during the Antarctic summer. Los angeles international airportThe melting edge of sea ice where it meets the open ocean during the Antarctic summer. Haskell Strait, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Ross Island, Antarctica

what happens here in the far north impacts wildlife and humans all over the planet

Partially dismantled ships at a ship breaking yard

A desert track passes through open woodland and spinifex grasslands

A dirt road winds through the vast savannah plain at the foot of a volcano caldera

A dead Black Kite lies splayed on the highway

Cathedral Range State Park

A tourist walks between marble Doric columns at the Lincoln Memorial

A forest reflected in a raindrop on a silver banksia leaf

with lush green fronds

Sunlight reflecting off the mosaic patterns in melting sea ice

Commuters wait on railway platforms to catch trains in the subway

A man laughing and jumping with children on an inflatable cushion