Last White – The Snowy Owl and the Disappearance of the Cold

Once a symbol of stillness and vastness, today it is a sign of retreat. The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) is now listed as "Vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List.

Their numbers have declined by more than sixty percent since 1970. Where once there was endless tundra, urban light now spreads. Power lines, flight paths, roads – the human landscape encroaches right up to the edges of the ice. And where it lands, the owl loses its sky.

Climate change is causing the ice to melt, their prey to disappear, and the snowy owl is following the decline – southward, closer to us. But each of these migrations is a cry for help. The snowy owl is more than just an animal: it is a reflection of a fading silence.

Those who protect them preserve the last untouched part of this earth.

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