Forest fires can melt glaciers thousands of miles away by changing the color of the ice.

This strange story of smoke, dust and algae looks at the lesser-known half of a positive feedback loop: not only does climate change make fires bigger and badder, those fires are then fuelling climate change.

Release via Greenpeace Unearthed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgDBvQcJZyE

• Video written, produced and narrated by Georgie Johnson
• Animated and edited by Sian Butcher
• Music and sound design by JPML.agency
• Script edited by Emma Howard
• Featuring Jessica McCarty and Alun Hubbard

Footage from Greenpeace, Getty, NASA Special thanks to Greenpeace Global Mapping Hub, Dr Reyes Tirado, Ice Alive and NASA Scientific Visualisation Studio