Climate change laid bare

Volunteers come together to take part in a photo shoot in order to draw attention to global warming, its effects on Swiss glaciers and the vulnerability of the human race in the face of climate change

If it were human, the Aletsch glacier in Switzerland would surely have blushed at the sight of 600 people disrobing on its slopes in August, potentially accelerating the alarming rate at which its ice is receding. The volunteers had come together to take part in a photo shoot organised by US photographer Spencer Tunick and Greenpeace in order to draw attention to global warming, its effects on Swiss glaciers and the vulnerability of the human race in the face of climate change. The glacier receded by 115 metres between 2005 and 2006 and is predicted to disappear completely by 2080.

October 2007