#Regram #RG @sea_legacy: Overnight, a thin layer of ice forms on the surface of the sea surrounding Spitsbergen, Norway. By end of day, the ice will melt. It seemed like a pretty good ice year but in reality, it was thin and will soon disappear. What we saw very little of was multi-year ice. That is ice that lasts for many years and is crucial to all the species in this ecosystem. ? ? Photo: @PaulNicklen, on SeaLegacy #expedition with @CristinaMittermeier, @samkretch, @derekrushton_ , @erichroepke, @steinretzlaff ? ? *? *? *? ? #Climatechangeisreal | #actionsspeaklouderthanwords | #ice

#Regram #RG @sierraclub: Make no mistake: Trump's ties to the oil and gas industry, his denial of climate change, and his utter disregard for science pose a very serious threat. As the nation's leader in grassroots environmental litigation, we will bring legal action at every turn. Hear from Pat, director of our Environmental Law Program (ELP), about the ELP's three-part strategy to #resist Trump and save our climate. Learn more about the Environmental Law Program at sierraclubfoundation.org/donate

#Regram #RG @amazonwatch: Sápara children walk through the outskirts of their village deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Our colleague took this photo during a trip in April with @empoweredbylight, during which we helped the Sápara install solar energy and communications systems to power their resistance to oil drilling in their ancestral territory.

#Regram #RG @conservationorg: Every 15 minutes, an elephant is killed for its ivory — and this cruel, gruesome practice could drive the species to extinction within a generation. The Sarara Initiative, a model of sustainable community-based conservation, is working toward the security for elephants and people. #Elephants #Ivory #Extinction #Kenya #Sarara #Wildlife #Sustainable #Africa

#Regram #RG @franslanting: Beyond the National Parks and National Monuments we’re all familiar with, there are scores of other public lands in the USA that are administered by the Department of the Interior. The Bureau of Land Management is charged with looking after many millions of acres of wilderness areas, but it barely has the resources to do so. And that is before the cutbacks that are now being contemplated in Washington, D.C. Here’s one amazing place I discovered while doing an aerial survey of the Colorado Plateau on assignment for @NatGeo. It’s called the San Rafael Swell and it’s located in central Utah. It’s full of shale rock and that means there may be oil and gas deposits underneath the surface. Imagine what this landscape would like with access roads for mineral extraction. Become part of the conversation if you care and check some of the links below and follow me @FransLanting for more coverage of these special places. @WildernessSociety @thephotosociety @leonardodicaprio #MonumentsForAll #beauty #naturelovers #naturephotography #wilderness #America #Conservation

Grateful for all who came out to the @LeonardoDiCaprioFdn Gala & contributed to our efforts to protect the planet. This past year LDF and its partners made a measurable difference. We helped protect more than 1.6 million square kilometers of ocean – an area more than twice the size of Texas – including the creation of the largest marine reserve in the world in Antarctica's Ross Sea. We are also supporting efforts to bring back the jaguar and the Mexican Gray Wolf - now 32 wolf packs have returned to the Pacific Northwest! In Tanzania our partner has restored the wildlife of Mkomazi national park, and in the grasslands of Kenya, where we are helping jump start an important carbon sequestration project. These are just a few of the stories about the impact the generosity of our donors has helped make possible. Click the link in bio to get involved.

This #GlobalTigerDay, help @DiscoveryComm and @WWF protect wild tigers at discovery.com/projectCAT #ProjectCAT Link in bio.

#Regram #RG @paulnicklen: The sea around the Antarctic Peninsula is a magical, fragile place; rich with wildlife, like this humpback whale feeding on krill. It is finally time to protect it. This week in Moscow we are representing @na******eo, @sea_legacy and @na******eopristineseas at #Antarctica2020, a meeting of the Ambassadors from the countries representing the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Resources #CCAMLR to begin the process of creating a network of Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica. Caption by @cristinamittermeier #followme us on @sea_legacy to learn more about the work we are doing to protect Antarctica. #10by2020 | #gratitude #drivingchange #polar | #beauty |#conservation |#wildlifephotography | #whale

#Regram #RG @cristinamittermeier: There are many different kinds of sea ice and survival depends on being able to tell them apart. The beautiful patterns on this landscape are created by "fast annual ice", an ephemeral and highly unstable ice formation that will melt away by the end of the summer. For @sea_legacy with @paulnicklen and @samkretch #beauty #love #respectnature #climatechangeisreal #ice #polar

#Regram #RG @amazonwatch: Gloria Ushigua, a leader of the Sápara people of the Ecuadorian Amazon, speaks before delivering a letter from the Sápara to the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco. The letter demands that state-run oil company Andes Peteoleum cancel plans to drill on Sápara territory. If drilling happens, the Sápara and their rainforest homes face massive destruction.

#Regram #RG @greenpeace: Gorgeous image of wind turbines standing strong over the clouds in Germany. We could be the generation that ends fossil fuels. . . . #greenpeace #colour#photography #aerialphotography #instagood #nofilter #instalike #insta #pictureoftheday#instagram #climatechange #globalwarming #activism #saferplanet #photography #nature #renewable

#Regram #RG @na******eo: Photograph by @thomaspeschak A bottlenose dolphin hangs upside down effortlessly as the current rages around the underwater volcanic pinnacle known as "El boiler". Situated off San Benedicto island, it lies in the heart of the #Revillagigedo archipelago marine protected area, 240 miles south of Baja California, Mexico. A critical initiative to expand this marine reserve, to further benefit large marine species that roam vast distances is currently underway. Shot on assignment for @NatGeo magazine for the forthcoming September 2017 story focused on marine conservation successes in Mexico. Please #followme @thomaspeschak and @maresmexicanos to learn more about Mexico's western seas, where conservation initiatives are bearing fruit. #mexico #baja #dolphin #diving #conservation