Chopping down the largest Trees “Redwoods Saga” (1946) 16:9
Cutting, loading, transportation, mill sawing and finishing operations of the Northern California’s redwood lumber industry. https://archive.org/details/RedwoodS1940
NASA’s 1975 Environmental Film “Pollution Below” 16:9
Pollution Below presents stories of three widely separated people who are caught up in situations caused by unexpected pollution. https://archive.org/details/pollution_below Further reading:Industries like steel mills emit particles that act as ice-forming nuclei (a particle which acts as the nucleus for the formation of an ice crystal) into the atmosphere. These may encourage snowstorms. The southern…
Dust Bowl Film Rain for the Earth (1937) 16:9
The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl Social and economic wastes resulting from continued drought in the midwestern dust bowl and efforts of the federal government in attempting to…
Earthwatch a historic disaster documentary
Extreme weather events and other disasters, and what to do were discussed in the late 50s and 70s, including the consideration of climate change (1958), or more broadly pollution (1972). This short presents a compilation of historic disaster documentary style film footage. Climate Change 1958: The Bell Telephone Science Hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-AXBbuDxRY Your Chance to Live:…
How the U.S. and Russia teamed up on Climate Change
After the Cold War, climate change was the driving force behind unusual political cooperation between secret services in the United States and in Russia. This documentary tells of unknown research projects, but also of surprising friendships. The amazing and unknown story of how American secret services partnered with their erstwhile Russian adversary, Russia’s main military…
Climate Scientist wants to invent Time Machine – Transmission 2049
Climate Scientist wants to invent Time Machine, Transmission 2049 is a short film produced by Climate State. Will our future be apocalyptic? What if you could turn back time? What if our actions today make the difference? Log 7/23/49. After the recent torrential rains I went back to the beach. Boat still there, calm winds,…
Scientist suddenly tells all about Climate Change
Jim White from the University of Colorado, on climate change, January 2018. Human activities are summarized in this recent lecture.
Richard Alley: Science works…science helps us!
Presidential Forum keynote speaker Richard Alley, renowned glaciologist and climate scientist, at the 98th AMS Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LjfwDXmna0 Eminent geologist and ace science communicator Richard Alley (Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University) addressed a rapt audience of hundreds in Austin, Texas, on Sunday at the 98th Annual Meeting of the…
Expert asks, can we control the climate crisis in time?
Stefan Rahmstorf speaks at the 2017 Bonn climate conference, explaining the basics of global climate change, and outlines our current emissions pathway – asking if we can control the climate crisis. The talk is titled Climate Action and Human Wellbeing at a Crossroads: Historical Transformation or Backlash? Stefan Rahmstorf’s homepage http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan