Giving Compass' Take:

• This striking photo essay at The Atlantic shows the work of scientists studying Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers to assess the effects of climate change.

• If a picture is worth a thousand words, these photos speak volumes. What can environmentalist groups and policymakers do to advance climate goals?

• Here's more about the impact of climate change on our health.

Earlier this year, Lucas Jackson, a photographer with Reuters, joined a team of scientists affiliated with a NASA project named Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) and traveled with it to the Greenland ice sheet and fjords. Jackson photographed the researchers as they set up their scientific equipment and took readings to help understand the ongoing impact of the melting glaciers and map out what to expect in the future. Jackson says: “For both journalists and scientists, climate change is difficult to document. It most often happens imperceptibly — a tenth of a degree increase in temperature, a few less inches of rain, a slowly melting ice sheet.”

Read the full article about studying glaciers in Greenland by Alan Taylor at The Atlantic.