Glaciers in a Box

Glacial covers have been used as a way to slow glaciers' melting in Austria. They are large blankets of plastic or foil put over glaciers that work like a picnic cooler, deflecting the summer sun while keeping the contents cool.

Andrea Fischer, an Innsbruck University researcher involved with the project, agrees that climate change caused by pollution must be reduced, but she is not bothered by glaciers' retreat.

"The climate has changed in the past, and it will change in the future," she says.

"The problem with most people is that they don't want anything to change - not their jobs, not their relationships and definitely not the weather."

(For this week's Illustration Friday topic: Tranquility)