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Glaciologist M Jackson spoke about the importance of glaciers and how everyone is connected to the planet’s ice, even if we can’t see it.

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Photographs taken by a father and son in 1989 and 2020 have revealed how one of Europe's largest glacier has shrunk by 400 square kilometres due to climate change. British scientist Kieran Baxter literally followed his father's footsteps to Vatnajökull in Iceland more than 30 years later to capture the scale of retreating ice. At 7700 sq km, Vatnajökull is one of the biggest glaciers in Europe and spans about 8 per cent of Iceland's landmass in the country's south-east. READ MORE: Scottish landscape photographer Colin Baxter, left, and his son Kieran Baxter.(Kieran Baxter/University of ...

© Supplied by Alice Watterson, Uni Colin and Keiran Baxter Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Dundee University researcher has followed his famous father’s footsteps across the glaciers of Iceland to chart a generation of dramatic change. More than three decades on, Dr Kieran Baxter has replicated images taken by his father, celebrated Scottish landscape photographer Colin Baxter to demonstrate the devastating effects of climate change. © Supplied by Alice Watterson, Uni The Hoffellsjokull glacier. The p...

Iron Age forts in Angus: Caterthuns reveal stories of wart-ridden witches, fairies and a pot of gold © Gayle Ritchie Gayle and dog Toby head up the Caterthuns in Angus. Gayle hikes up the Caterthuns – the remains of two Iron Age forts steeped in history and legend. An impressive iron age hill fort crowned by a mass of pale stone rises up from the ground a few miles west of Edzell. Standing in the centre of the giant circle of tumbled rocks, I drink in stunning views across the Angus Glens, Aberdeenshire and beyond. The White Caterthun, as this landmark is known, is a stone’s throw from i...