Antarctic Glacier Collapse and Cosmic Tadpoles Crowned Winners of Royal Society Photography Competition
LONDON – Dramatic imagery of aโข collapsing Antarctic glacier and a mesmerizing close-up of Malagasy frog tadpoles have taken the top prizes in the Royal Society’s annual photography competition, announced today. The winning photographs offer a stark visual commentary onโ the impacts of climate change and the hidden wonders of biodiversity.
Michael Meredith, joint director of the UK National โคClimate Science Partnership andโ science leader atโ theโค British Antarctic Survey, won the Earth Science and Climatology category withโ a photograph captured during โa winter research campaign in Bรถrgenโ Bay on the Antarctic โฃPeninsula. Theโค image depicts a ship’s โsearchlight illuminating a massive glacier, moments before โฃa meaningful chunk calved into the sea. “The image โwas captured in the polar night, while we were surveying ocean conditions in front of glaciers โคon the Antarctic Peninsula, to understand better how they are affected by climate change,” Meredith wrote in โa LinkedIn post.
The ecology and Environmental science award went to filippo Carugati, a wildlife photographer and PhD candidate at โฃthe University of Turin, Italy, for his striking image titled Amphibian โGalaxy. โThe photograph showcases โMalagasy frog tadpoles swimming near โaโค large egg clutch, โคlikely deposited โคby a free madagascarโ frog (Guibemantis โliber), in the Maromizaha โrainforest of Madagascar. Carugati captured โthe image by backlighting the egg mass,creating a cosmic effect. He spent six months in the rainforest โขcollecting data for his thesis, exploring rivers and wetlands at night.
