Startling Photos Show Impact of Climate Change on Global Waterways
A set of startling photos show the devastating impact heatwaves and droughts have brought to rivers, lakes, and canals this summer.
A set of startling photos show the devastating impact heatwaves and droughts have brought to rivers, lakes, and canals this summer.
National Geographic photographers can find themselves in all kinds of strange and uncomfortable situations while on assignment and hunting for the perfect shots. Just check out what Nat Geo photographer Thomas Peschak is up to in Africa's Kalahari Desert.
This year has been a year of extremes in the Netherlands. We had an extremely cold winter with all of the country frozen, including the Amsterdam canals which almost never happens. I took the chance to document the extreme cold of the Netherlands earlier this year. Now, what followed was an extremely hot spring that has now transitioned into summer.
After years of serious drought, California appears to be on the road to recovery. The state experienced its driest years on record between 2011 and 2014, but rains and snow have brought new life to the region since then, and this can be seen in NASA's satellite photos.
I woke up the morning of my 28th birthday last month with one thing on my mind: "What am I going to do today?"
I have always wanted to get an aerial view of my hometown of Lake Tahoe in the summer time, and I was visiting from Arizona. I had also just bought myself a nice new birthday gift: the Nikon D810... so I called up Reno Tahoe Helicopters and made an appointment for a noon flight.