Global Climate Change: Chasing Ice By James Balog

It is apparent that the issue of global climate change and how to create a more sustainable environment are becoming more and more prominent in social media. One good example is the film, Chasing Ice; a chilling documentary that follows the work of nature photographer, James Balog, on his expeditions across the arctic to capture the devastating effects of global warming on camera. Balog has been able to document the melting of polar ice caps and track the aggressive rate at which they are melting and calving, providing irrefutable evidence that global warming is having a huge impact all around the world and that something must be done to stop it. He does all of this in hopes of spreading awareness of the tremendous and detrimental impact humans are having on the environment; he strives to inform the world of what global warming is actually doing, in an attempt to encourage viewers to do their part to save the planet. If non-believers of global warming see Balog’s images they will be forced to accept the reality that there is an environmental problem that must be fixed. In the past, we have struggled with the idea of forming a global community dedicated to the environment, but Balog provides a solution to …show more content…
The goal of this organization is to shape the public’s perception of the effects of global warming and inspire people to take action to save the planet. This is accomplished through the constant monitoring of 24 glaciers around the world and documentation as well as publication of the alarming rates at which they are disappearing. This information is then brought to the attention of the world in magazines, press conferences, lectures, and so on, in hopes of giving the situation the attention it deserves (James Balog