in the greenland summer started very early and the ice sheet is melting unusually fast stephan olsen hopes his picture will stay in people's minds. maybe the picture hit a nerve it addresses something that other photos don't it shows a very warm day in the arctic. he says photos that are quickly forgotten. but a memorable image could spur people into action to protect the environment for future generations. now they were once considered old fashioned victorian a symbol of the stodgy past then they became hip and now the beard is going mainstream and that's increased the popularity of beer growing competitions in places like france. tests it's an h nuisance. but to these men their facial hair is their pride and joy. with the looks that take a lot of work of us good 3 combs 4 different brushes we start with the hair dryer and then we have to put in oil little bottle in the end we check the result and if we're not happy we start again so here we are 30 minutes for the. candidates from all over france came to show off their best facial fluff. at the country's 3rd national beard champions

much faster than normal the back story here the photo was taken by a danish climate researchers stephan olsen from the danish meteorological institute he was off with his sled dogs to collect instruments the team told us today actually that they've been working with indigenous hunters in the area brant to measure the ice they've been doing that for about a decade now but last week extremely warm temperatures in that region it's sped up the ice melts what they told us is that it shouldn't look like this until late june or even july but it's already melting now they also want to stay. you know climate change is a big problem there it's clearly increasing the rate of melting but one specific event should not be directed linked to climate change and it looks incredibly i mean it's a beautiful picture but it looks incredibly dangerous to be done how can you know if the ice is going to endure not but i mean that's for the example working with locals there so they do know they know what's going on ok so what do we know that about the situation in the arctic i mean we know that these melt happen ever

much faster than normal the back story here the photo was taken by a danish climate researchers stephan olsen from the danish meteorological institute he was off with his sled dogs to collect instruments the team told us today actually that they've been working with indigenous hunters in the area brant to measure the ice they've been doing that for about a decade now but last week extremely warm temperatures in that region it's sped up the ice melts what they told us is that it shouldn't look like this until late june or even july but it's already melting now they also want to stress you know climate change is a big problem there it's clearly increasing the rate of melting but one specific event should not be directed linked to climate change and it looks incredibly i mean it's a beautiful picture but it looks incredibly dangerous to be done how can you know if the ice is going to enter not but i mean that's where the example working with locals there so they do know is know what's going on ok so what do we know that about the situation in the arctic i mean we know these these melt happen eve

know back home in denmark stephan olsen is astounded that his photo made such an impact around the world the image of huskies an ankle deep water was taken on june 13th at the inglefield shored in northwest greenland normally at that time of year the temperature was a few degrees below 0 but on that day it was much warmer than usual. it was 17 degrees celsius almost the highest temperature ever recorded very unusual because there were still snow on the sea the lake turned into melting water. the picture is just a snapshot in time so it can't be taken as concrete evidence of climate change when he published it on twitter it provoked a lively debate for many it symbolizes the dangers of. others accused of faking the photo the climate researcher himself is just happy that finally attention has turned to the situation in the arctic. scientists have been warning that the region is heating up. a new study presented a stark forecast if. the missions are not reduced. dramatically 522100. cities an underwater. it's difficult to forecast 1000 years into the future but we can see the near future ve