A documentary on Al Gore’s campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116 Update Since Paramount has taken down the video Thu Sep 5, 2013, this video is no longer available. Alternative watch TED Talk Al Gore New Thinking On The Climate Crisis.
Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers. Visit IMDB for more film details. Donate to the project chasingice.com Update The old movie version is no longer available, updated the video URL to a…
November 06, 2008: SFU Canada Research Chairs Seminar Series “Glacier and ice-sheet dynamics in a warming world” Dr. Gwenn Flowers, Canada Research Chair in Glaciology / Department of Earth Sciences Teaser image credit: Ted Scambos & Rob Bauer, NSIDC / A researcher works with an ice core drill during the 2003 Antarctic Megadunes expedition.
We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth’s climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived…
The fossil fuel industry is the 1% of the 1%, the richest enterprise in human history Via Memo Share: You’ve probably wondered why we as a nation cannot act on climate change given that at least 98 percent of the world’s non-big-oil-financed scientists agree that it is manmade and we may be only two summers from an ice-free…
The Earth might seem solid beneath our feet but five billion years ago there was no sign of the planet we call home. Instead there was only a new star and a cloud of dust in our solar system. Over millions of years, a series of violent changes led to the formation of our world…
By James West “I don’t see what all those environmentalists are worried about,” sneers your great uncle Joe. “Carbon dioxide is harmless, and great for plants!” OK. Take a deep breath. If you’re not careful, comments like this can result in dinner-table screaming matches. Luckily, we have a secret weapon: A flowchart that will help you calmly…
Dr. Jennifer Francis – Rutgers University “Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity all around the northern hemisphere.” Concurrently, Arctic sea ice is in an accelerating decline, the entire surface of Greenland melted for the first time in at least 150 years, glaciers are disappearing around the world, and snow cover on Arctic…
Public lecture by Distinguished Senior Scientist at the Climate Analysis Section at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Kevin Trenberth held at UNSW on October 16, 2012. “Heavy precipitation days are increasing even in places where precipitation is decreasing.” Framing the way to relate climate extremes to climate change Abstract The atmospheric and ocean environment…