Exploration. Ecology. Archaeology.
Adventure at the edges of the world.
All photography provided by Brian Buma unless otherwise noted.
I am a senior climate scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund, an associate research professor at the University of Colorado, and an explorer/climate change author/conservationist.
Blowndown, logged, and burned forest in Colorado
Waters off north Greenland - galaxies of ice, breaking up in the warmer waters of climate change
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Close-up of original 1916 map used by William Cooper for his pioneering work in Glacier Bay (updated in the 1920's with new numbers and datapoints).
The southernmost human artifact ever found. Isla Hornos, Chile.
Transportation in Alaska when finding the world’s oldest ecological plots
For speaking engagements, including talks on the science of ecosystem change, expeditionary science, or communicating exploration to the public, please email Brian Buma. brianbuma@gmail.com
The northernmost land on earth - the view starts looking out north, across the polar sea towards the north pole. The mountains to the south are the H.H. Benedicts, the northernmost mountains on earth. It is midnight, and totally silent except the wind.