thin ice ( 2013 film )
learn more about the science behind the film at the official website of “thin ice. ” urltoken
‘thin ice’ is a popular title because of it suggests the metaphor “skating on thin ice” —which is what the human race is doing at the moment .
for a thin ice screening near you visit: urltoken if you’d like to host a screening, please email your details (see urltoken to thiniceclimate @ urltoken by april 15th, 2013 .
in celebration of earth day 2013, the british embassy in partnership with the climate change commission, new zealand embassy, sm cares and sm megamall, is participating in the global screening of the film ‘thin ice – the inside story of climate science’ through a private showing in sm megamall on 22 april 2013, monday at 7: 00pm .
lamb, victoria university' s school of geography, environment and earth sciences associate professor, was joined by leading documentary film maker david sington for the thin ice project .
the global launch of a film entitled
thin ice: the inside story of climate science
will take place on earth day, monday, 22 april 2013. the film aims to give people from all walks of the life the chance to see the astonishing range of human activity and scientific endeavors that help us understand our changing climate .
victoria university' s simon lamb, geologist and hobby movie - maker, hopes his climate change film thin ice will help spur a global call to action on the environmental issue .
thin ice is actually photogenic, it has meaning especially if you photograph it often. arctic sea ice in fact is describing what is happening. after years of observing sea ice horizon shifts, i have determined a new way to measure ice thickness optically, which is ideally intertwined with the surface to air interface, in other words, the radiation budget of sea ice itself. urltoken
the science in “thin ice” is framed by lamb’s personal experiences as he travelled to various parts of the world to interview the scientists .
i feel obliged to answer myself and say the film is worth it just for the film - editing clinic .
award - winning climate change documentary thin ice is showing in new zealand for the first time with the backing of actress and activist lucy lawless .
the chinese film market is second largest in the world in terms of box office performance, achieving $ 3. 6 billion in 2013. it may surpass the u. s. in six years .
the director' s broadcast cut of thin ice: the inside story of climate science will make its new zealand debut in auckland on sunday evening .
to answer a few questions here - the film will be available for download starting on april 24th, 2013. you will be able to purchase and download it from the shop that will be listed on the urltoken website .
“thin ice” is the brainchild of geologist and amateur cameraman simon lamb. his concerns about the attacks against climate scientists and their work led him to make the film with the help of award - winning documentary director and producer david sington .
this may sound silly given the more substantive comments on this site. the artwork for this movie — the webpage header for thin ice — is striking and very beautiful .
[ response: not really. that book was mostly about lonnie thompson, with sidelights on a lot of important historical figures in climate science. “thin ice” seems to be a popular title, c. f the midwestern noir mystery flick thin ice, set in kenosha, wisconsin right at the end of the union pacific metra north line. –raypierre ]
simon lamb and david sington have done a masterful job. bravo! brava! to everyone on the thin ice team. every clip is good, every one is important .
by the time lamb’s journey ended, “thin ice” managed to present a convincing case for the reality of global warming by showing that climate scientists do know what they are saying and doing .
last april 22nd (also earth day) the philippines’ climate change commission, the embassies of the united kingdom and new zealand in manila, and sm supermalls sponsored a film screening of “thin ice: the inside story of climate science” as part of a global initiative .
the second clip was / is not in the film. nor this one :
chinese noir
black coal, thin ice
achieved the miraculous triple whammy of winning over critics, captivating the audience, and pleasing the notorious film bureau censorship panel. all this achieved without martial arts clichés or special effects, potentially signaling a new era of chinese filmmaking .
sington, who worked with ron howard on the highly - acclaimed first moon landing documentary - in the shadow of the moon, said thin ice had been
a fascinating and unusual project to be involved with .
i will have to free up time to check this out – looks interesting. the “thin ice” title reminds me of 2 concerns that have appeared on my radar recently. bedmap2, which shows much more of the antarctic ice is grounded well below sea level than previously thought, and increasing evidence of deep ocean warming .
thin ice is a joint initiative between the university of oxford, victoria university of wellington and dox productions, london. both universities have active programmes with world - wide networks of collaborators in climate change and related research .
- victoria university of wellington will present the new zealand premiere screening of thin ice: the inside story of climate science at the academy cinema in auckland at 6pm on sunday. tickets are $ 18 and are available from urltoken
that poster is for scientist’s bulletin boards, not for attracting an audience to view the film .
everyone should see this film to understand how climate science offers our grandchildren a brighter future
.
since its global launch on earth day 2012, the film has screened around the world, the dvd has been released and it has been shown at a range of film festivals, picking up numerous awards .
the risk taken in connecting co2, climate, and (randomly) extreme weather events to ph is extraordinarily high, in that the current disconnect between temperatures and co2 is undermining the environmentally correct ph goal. this is the real “thin ice” being trodden upon !
“a group of us have produced another film about climate science, but in this one scientists do the talking .
this film is great. new marks and milestones in the communication of climate science are dropping all the time .
new award - winning film by victoria university scientist hopes to build momentum for a binding climate change agreement this year .
the film, made by victoria university of wellington and oxford university, has screened around the globe and is a finalist at the prestigious jackson hole wildlife film festival 2015 – now it' s time for the documentary to come home .
this is a more interactive way of seeing the film: you get the edit (and you can comment too) .
most of the material in the film was shot by lamb over three years without any involvement from sington, he said .
i hope it also has a subtle emotional undertow which makes it an enjoyable and ultimately rather moving film to watch .
despite all the dense science that was presented, the narrative thread of “thin ice” was quite easy to understand. the scientific findings were presented in a logical order, beginning with the question of whether the earth’s surface temperature had indeed increased, and whether the level of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases did too .
some of my friends have made a film, thin ice, which tells the story of co2 and climate from the standpoint of the climate scientists who are out there in the trenches trying to figure out what is going on. i have a small role in the film myself, and i am sure realclimate readers will recognize many more familiar faces. one of the many things i like about this film is that it puts a human face on climate science. it’s harder to demonize people when you feel you know them, and realize that in the end they’re not that different from you and your neighbors (except maybe they know more about co2 and climate than some others you might meet) .
this was a great film. just finished watching it, downloading for future perusal. the film was much more powerful than the trailer, that i watched a week ago, would indicate. after watching the trailer, i had an idea it might be a little… well, flippant .
sunday' s premiere will be followed by a panel discussion featuring the film' s co - director and wellington geographer simon lamb and lawless .
the film puts a human face on the huge international effort and astonishing range of human activity and scientific endeavor required to understand earth’s climate system .
ps while the film is in english with a range of accents we’ll have versions with subtitles in english, mandarin, spanish, french and german. ”
in recent years climate science has come under increasing attack, so geologist simon lamb took his camera to find out what is really going on. for over three years he followed scientists from a wide range of disciplines at work in the arctic, antarctic, southern ocean, new zealand, europe, and the u. s. in this film they talk about their work, their hopes, and their fears with a rare candor and directness. this creates an intimate portrait of the global community of researchers racing to understand our planet' s changing climate, and provides a compelling case for rising co2 as the main cause. on april 22nd, the film will be available for free online at urltoken starting wednesday, 24 april 2013, the film will be available online for a small fee. for further information, please go to: urltoken
the documentary team visited researchers on four continents and the ocean as they studied the changes in the atmosphere, oceans, and ice sheets through measurements and computer modelling. it’s getting hot in here
lamb comes across as an engaging narrator. even though he is a scientist himself, he approached the making of the film from the audience’s perspective. he rarely used science jargon in his own narration, and he echoed many of the questions that i, as a viewer, was already asking in my mind at various points in the film .
the violin shop featured in the film, dahl violins, is an actual violin shop in downtown minneapolis. in the film, the shop is supposed to be located in chicago. however, when mickey and randy break into the shop at night, the skyline which is prominently featured in the scene' s initial shot is obviously minneapolis, not chicago .
[ response: i’m sure you are right. the problem is that this movie was put together on a shoestring, and within the budget limitations i think they did what they could. it was a small miracle that they managed to scrape together enough to finish production at all. if there is a good graphic artist out there who would like to contribute a better poster, i’m sure the thin ice team would appreciate the help. –raypierre ]
i hope that the movie will be available for download, or on dvd, after earth week. i’m in the process of moving into a continuing care retirement community in southern new hampshire, and i have plans to start a course on climate change for residents of this community after i’m moved in. the moving process won’t be completed until early may, so i’ll be late for earth week under the best of circumstances. more likely i’ll be about 4 months late, because i need to plan my course. i envision it starting in september. “thin ice” would be an ideal vehicle for the course i’m planning! thanks to you and the other film makers for producing it .
we report an anomalous matching effect in moge thin films containing pairs of circular holes arranged in such a way that four of those pairs meet at each vertex point of a square lattice. a remarkably pronounced fractional matching was observed in the magnetic field dependences of both the resistance and the critical current. at the half matching field the critical current can be even higher than that at zero field. this has never been observed before for vortices in superconductors with pinning arrays. numerical simulations within the nonlinear ginzburg - landau theory reveal a square vortex ice configuration in the ground state at the half matching field and demonstrate similar characteristic features in the field dependence of the critical current, confirming the experimental realization of an artificial ice system for vortices for the first time .
the film opened in china on march 19 to unexpectedly high box office earnings for an arthouse work. xinhua reports the movie raked in us $ 12. 8 million (rmb 80 million) in two weeks .
frozen water, frozen history so lamb began his quest in antarctica, where an international community of scientists has been braving the cold for years to study the local climate by analyzing the ice, which is “not just frozen water, it’s frozen history. ”
“our goal in this project (and simon’s in the film) is to give you the chance to find out just what scientists working in this field are doing, and why their findings cause them so much concern. ”
the film follows his personal journey of discovery for more than three years as he meets and interviews 40 scientists working at the front line of climate change research in the arctic, antarctic, southern ocean, new zealand, europe and the united states .
the key messages from this 73 minute film are that scientists can be trusted and that ultimately we have to quit using fossil fuels. we do not try and say how this should be done, but we hope that the film will lead audiences into some deeper thinking on the issue and perhaps even a shift toward solutions. check out the website urltoken, where you can see the 3 minute trailer. the website contains another 3 hours of supplementary material in 37 short video clips about various aspects of climate science .
[ response: the 3. 5c number would be the full ipcc mid - range sensitivity, and wally was in error (but not too much) in attributing all of that to water vapor. some of the difference over the raw co2 planck - only sensitivity comes from cloud feedbacks, largely dissipation of low clouds. i don’t know if the thin ice team had an independent fact - checker, but they are quite knowledgeable and are likely to have caught anything major (i haven’t reviewed all of the supplementary footage personally). a lot of the material was circulated earlier and some things got caught that way, but in a movie like this it’s hard to guarantee against some faults slipping through. for that matter, in a movie based largely on interviews, there’s the question of how a slight inaccuracy like wally’s should be handled. you’d lose a lot of spontaneity if you went back and did a re - take, and it would all start to look scripted. at this point, i think the best thing would be for us all to help keep a log of things that need correction, and have the thin ice team compile this and make it available on the site. you raise a good point. i’ll suggest this to them. –raypierre ]
we don' t want to be liked just for being overtly political. we have our own understanding of film. we want to conquer you with beauty and with eastern sensibilities ,
says director diao yinan (right). he received the golden bear at the 2014 berlinale .
we’d like your help in spreading these messages by hosting a screening in your community. it’s also a chance to talk with them afterwards through a panel discussion / q & a. we are making the film available as a free download (2gb) for a 2 ½ day period after earth day starts in new zealand – just complete the screenings information sheet attached and e - mail to thiniceclimate @ urltoken so we can post it on the website and send you download instructions. the film will also be available free for streaming to those who are happy just to watch it at home .
curve. white (blue) arrow in panel 1 shows the direction of motion of vortices (antivortices) and dashed white ellipses highlight the annihilation point of vortex - antivortex pairs. blue ellipses in panel 3 show the square ice arrangement of vortices in neighboring unit cells. white circles in panels 4 and 5 show positions of holes with a pinned vortex .
a description of the project, including trailers and clips can be found here. the film will be available during earth week for free streaming. or even better, you can arrange a free screening for your group (details for obtaining a free earth week download for screening are available here). read below the fold for more information
a lot of money was spent on the older film, al gore pitched it as evenly as possible, but it comes across now as a trifle haranguing, moralistic and a bit cliched – i am talking about the brooding menacing music, the storms floods, fires and droughts depicted. time i think we got away from all that – its shock value is limited .
there are dramatic issues of the moment, it used to be about thermometers and data issues enough to make statistics interesting, then arctic ice melt, hidden methane, stratosphere warming, jet stream meanders and oceanic currents, thermohaline and acidification… there are hundreds of fascinating sub - plots and intrigues. i would think that there would be documentarians lining up. drama is everywhere. all the sciences are somehow involved – even tangentially – try astroclimatology, paleotempestology .
this film has excellent presentation and production values, but i loved the intimacy it achieve with the scientists. they are so obviously sincere, enthusiastic and loving their work. it as different as listening to a speech, and having a chat with a knowledgeable mate down at the pub. i hope it gets distributed as widely as possible, and penetrates into the schools, where i think it will light enthusiasm for science among the young .
this is a flawed but still watchable film that seems to steal characters and plot from the coen brothers' fargo, yet manages to succeed. at least to an extent. the problem may be - as we were told at our cinema previewing club - that the director lost final cut here, and found herself with a movie she no longer can even comment on, with 15 minutes cut, the film re - edited, and a score she never intended - and one that doesn' t work well. the result is a somewhat uneven, too dark black comedy. or is it a drama? or perhaps a
caper
movie? i' m not quite sure. when it comes to the acting, though, this is a great film. greg kinnear plays a character too reminiscent of wm. h. macy' s turn in fargo, but he makes the most of it, though - team player that he is - he' s outshone by more spectacular performances. alan arkin, for one, who also did it to kinnear in little miss sunshine. but the
steal the show
performance is by billy crudup, always sexy (my wife says he' s
hot
) and interesting to watch, and here at his very best. bob balaban is spot on as a violin dealer, and the rest of the cast is excellent. worth seeing for many, but mostly for those performances .
some are well known to you, others not so, but all talk with passion, concern and some humour about their work. the film is mainly the work of geologist and photographer simon lamb and science documentary producer david sington, dox productions, who worked together on earth story (bbc horizon, 1998). the story line is simon’s journey as a geologist. he has heard the terrible things the press have been reporting about his climate science colleagues, so he decides to take his camera and find out what’s really happening .
i just watched the trailer. i’m impressed. i will want to see the whole film before final judging. i’ve felt the tone of the current voices of discontent is quite different from 40 years ago. the pendulum swings over to the various sciences from time - to - time. i remember during the cold war nuclear science was “not good”. nasa and the apollo program caused a major swing the positive way with a following negative swing over biologists and evolution. the current attack on climate scientists is very personal and seems somewhat of a mass hysteria, at least within a small vociferous mass. best wishes .
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one can hope the current explosion of phony skepticism is in its supernova phase. i get the impression those who choose a position and go for broke to support it are not pervious to the true scientific habit of mind. they think * they * are the ones doing science, and have no sense at all of the curiosity and openness that is at the core of real science .
very few people can imagine that others are not just like them. if they have an agenda, they will assume you do too .
“yes, of course. we have to learn that these are the kinds of disciplines in the field of science that you have to learn – to know when you know and when you don’t know, and what it is you know and what it is you don’t know. you’ve go to be very careful not to confuse yourself. ”
i’m a big fan of knowing what one doesn’t know. it’s a start .
great to see this! have forwarded to a number of community contacts here in bc, canada. wishing that someone who might be wavering, takes a firm step and then another to being more tuned in and active on this topic !
with due respect to you & stefan, ray, it is refreshing to see a host of new faces (to me, anyway !) and hear fresh voices. but, thanks to you pioneers (real climate and sks for two !), science communication of this topic has come a long way .
it may sink in with the public that climate science is a lot more than the few individuals we see sitting in front of congressional committees – but that is all there is to the deniers .
the trailer is definitely dawkinsesque – english scientist sees attacks on science and seeks the truth! – but that is not a bad thing .
i don’t know about the inability to demonize people you think you know. who didn’t feel queasy about john cassavetes after rosemary’s baby ?
looking forward to it – just one question in urltoken “2. 6 - factors besides co2” wally broecker says when you include the effect of water vapour the co2 climate sensitivity increases from 1. 2 deg c to 3. 5 deg c – is that correct? – that sounds too high to me – especially if you include the lapse rate
those who study message delivery note that hollywood really won’t touch global warming. instead they blunder past the science and go for the cinematic calamity. or will bury the issue deep into subplot or poetic metaphor .
a pity, because this really is the greatest saga, an epic tale, and possibly a momentous tragedy. and all real. endlessly interesting conflicts, dramas and huge battles with very, very powerful, very wealthy and ruthless forces .
i see it as beyond interesting, captivating and i expect there are some people who might follow this issue just for the drama. everything is thrilling, because everything matters. and the struggle between power and ethics alone is vastly consequential. huge .
just look at the pitched pr battles between blogs, each is an encampment. we see troll battles in the comments below any blog devoted to the issue. any substantially wise and insightful youtube presentation will produce rants and counter - rants. giant issues reduced to hockey stick images, and bashing personalities. obscene and vicious pr campaigns detailed by oreskes, mann and gelbspan. perfectly cast heroes, martyrs and villains everywhere .
because the stakes are infinite, no issue is too small. so the chess game becomes real. where the actions of the pawns become as powerful and important as the queens and kings (royalty loses status on a global planet – all are equalized) .
there is no other issue more important. eventually, soon maybe, everyone will be paying very close attention .
what a saga! and the ending is not written. we get to author the ending .
really thrilling. can’t wait to see this movie, and to help author a continuing saga and be in every scene that i can .
i want to see the movie, i like what you are doing, but you have got to get a different poster .
i will download print this, but i am pretty sure that posting it will not be that effective. or rather it could be better. time to call upon the hollywood movie poster designers…really. design a poster that makes people want to see it .
it feels like the weather is really going crazy just lately. one minutes its hot. next its cold. then its snowing in april. it is all very bizarre .
in regards to the poster, there is a better poster, about the global launch screenings on earth day. some of the information originally posted is incorrect. for the updated earth day screening flyer, see urltoken or go to: urltoken
i like the poster. it conveys “a human face…people…you feel you know”–as the post says. not to discourage other designs .
@ daniel halevi bloom # 7 “a man, a plan, polar cities” shades of “a man, a plan, a canal, panama” which is a nice palindrome .
i really liked how the short videos gave me insight into what climate scientists do on a daily basis. in particular, showing how blowing carbon dioxide over the radiation detector changed the spectrum of the received radiation was fascinating. but how many people will understand what it means ?
however, the trailer is seriously flawed. what i remember is a guy pretending to read to his daughter but really ignoring her, followed by “climate science is a fraud” repeated many times, with the last sentence, the one people will remember, “is it all a lie? ”
this is a great template for a crude anti global warming brainwashing campaign, but i don’t think that was the intention. a basic rule for communicating a controversial subject is to not repeat the statements you are trying to debunk. people remember the simple statement (its a fraud) rather than the complex information that follows (reference). instead, make positive statements that undermine the false information .
i realize this project was a lot of hard work, and it is easy for me to sit here and criticize, but this trailer really misses the mark .
i also enjoyed a few of the trailers, despite a few scientific quibbles here and there. i’m looking forward to the entire thing. this is also the first time i heard a satisfactory explanation of the greenhouse effect in a “popular source” video such as this .
i like presenting what scientists do rather than just the science…its easier to relate to people who have family, friends, job stress, and who can share a beer with colleagues …rather than some secret club that declares what is truth and not from the ivory tower. meeting the scientists is probably a very good first step toward building public confidence in science as a way to make the world intelligible .
thanks for the videos, it’s great to see the people on the ground, rather than reading the journal abstracts and summaries .
these two things add up to increased support for the view of some like james hansen that very rapid sea level rise is possible .
institutions should also join in and make clear, simple statements regarding global warming. something that could reach the broader audience, not just us climate geeks .
comparing to an inconvenient truth, i think this is better suited to the times .
universities with decent commercial art courses of study can be loaded with students, often very talented, desperate to build a portfolio. some art professors occasionally welcome outside requests from people with little or no budget to speak of who need promotional art work. these jobs may be put to a class as a competition, or given to specific students (depending) and are developed under the professional direction of the professor and the watchful eye of the client. you can throw in a little cash reward, too, although i hate to say it, be aware that it may be pocketed by the teacher .
anyhow, it wouldn’t hurt to investigate your local art schools / departments and see if there’s a possible fit for you .
putting a “…human face on climate science…” is sorely needed, and i eagerly anticipate seeing the documentary. attacking people should be beneath all of us, especially when there are so many misguided ideas worthy of the skewer .
the stated goal: “…ultimately we have to quit using fossil fuels” should be “petrochemical husbandry (ph), ” as there are far better uses for them that don’t include moving 2 tonnes of metal and plastic around to transport 100kg of protoplasm, etc. , etc. (lots of other wasteful things to choose from) .
good to see the likes of raypierre and phil jones making an appearance, and also the excellent portrayals of the many dedicated, and dare i say unsung heroes of climatology working right at the coal face .
hopefully this will go a step or two beyond just preaching to the converted .
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safari found the server yesterday and spent something like 17 hours watching 58 minutes of it. i wasn’t watching except for a few seconds. safari can’t download it .
now you say you are going to paywall it tomorrow. do you want me to see it or not ?
[ response: hi, ed. sorry you’re having problems viewing. i’ve forwarded your comment to peter barrett, and i hope he’ll be able to fix the problem or provide advice. –raypierre ]
ps: i was trying to see the lowest “quality” version. “flash” wants to be downloaded every day but never works. mac os 10. 6. 8 .
ed, check your mac control panel for a flash control button, might be something there. flash may be off by default for security reasons (a good idea); you may need to find a downloaded installer and invoke it to run to install, and give it permission to store files on your computer, for the time it takes to do a download or streaming view. just guessing of course .
it’s really nicely made, although i wonder how it comes across for people without any science background. it helped me really understand better what these folks are doing. and the amount of commitment is amazing. i hope at least that stays as a take - home message .
one thing i didn’t like so much — but then i’m a bloody scientist — was the longish shot of the earth from the space station, aurorae and city lights etc. beautiful, beautiful footage that i could gaze into for hours — like a fireplace, or a bubbling brook — but what has it got to do with climatology ?
be happy. if it wasn’t already a new day dawning in the communication of climate science, it is now .
( the raw raypierre. he’s got the knack. his students are lucky. )
the second one is also posted on stefan’s home page, with other good media–plus: check his movie page .
( stefan is clear as a bell. his students are lucky too. )
for people doing stuff, not only talking, see other clips. you’ve got the edit .
after producing all that unique stuff, their edit fully realizes their goal in about one hour and seven minutes–which caps a great production feat with brisk editing and a pleasant style .
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the kiwi actress and activist said she is lending her support to the project because
for too long climate science has been treated with contempt when in fact it is the greatest hope for our future .
the scientists talk about their work, their hopes and fears with a rare candour and directness .
when simon asked me if i would be willing to put all this material together, i was at first a little sceptical, but i soon realised that he had managed to capture something unique .
perhaps because they were talking to a fellow scientist, all the contributors spoke with a relaxed confidence and candour that meant that not only did their science come across with rare clarity, but their personalities and engagement with their work did as well .
sington said he soon realised lamb' s own journey had to be part of the story .
i think the final result is probably the most scientifically informative documentary ever made about climate change .
the new zealand premiere comes as the country' s stance on climate change comes to the fore .
the government has set its target of an 11 per cent cut to carbon emissions below the country' s 1990 level by 2030. the goal was set ahead of a major un climate change conference later this year .
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the inside story of climate science. in recent years climate science has come under increasing attack, so geologist simon lamb took his camera to find out what is really going on from his climate science colleagues. simon followed scientists at work in the arctic, antarctic, southern ocean, new zealand, europe and the usa. they talk about their work, and their hopes and fears, with a rare candour and directness. this creates an intimate portrait of the global community of researchers racing to understand our planet' s changing climate. description german: urltoken website englisch: urltoken
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in recent years climate science has come under increasing attack, so concerned geologist simon lamb grabbed his camera and set out to explore the inside story of climate research. for over three years he followed scientists from a wide range of disciplines at work in the arctic, antarctic, southern ocean, new zealand, europe and the united states .
they talk about their work, their hopes and fears with a rare candor and directness, resulting in an intimate portrait of the global community of researchers racing to understand our planet’s changing climate and provide a compelling case for rising co2 as the main cause .
“climate change” and “global warming” are terms we hear often these days. they are especially relevant in this year’s celebration of earth day, and also because they’re some of the biggest global issues that nations have committed to understand and address .
in recent years, climate scientists have been accused of manufacturing the phenomenon of global warming, the implications of which are staggering. so it’s no surprise that there are some very vocal people who deny that it is actually happening, calling them a bunch of alarmists .
to answer his questions, he sought out the scientists themselves, hung out for months at their research stations, laboratories, and offices, and talked to them about their work .
it’s rather like watching “lonely planet: the climate change special” in that lamb took viewers to various destinations, interacted with the locals, and participated in activities with these people .
it’s just that the destinations are far from being pretty tourist spots, the locals are mostly academics, and their social gathering isn’t for a festival but to call dibs on soil samples .
the chemistry of the snow that fell in the antarctic reveal temperature records and atmospheric composition for the past several thousand years. studies there indicate that when the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is high, the temperature is, too .
the data from antarctica is “highly suggestive”, but to get more conclusive proof that it is the high level of carbon dioxide that is causing the increase in surface temperatures, lamb went to new zealand, where one of several “clean air” monitoring sites have been measuring the composition of the atmosphere for several decades. there, historical data shows a yearly rise in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere .
next, lamb consulted atmospheric physicists, who succinctly explained how the increase in greenhouse gases can result in warming. the scientific explanation for this phenomenon is apparently one of the most misunderstood one by non - scientists .
lamb also spoke to scholars who’ve been collecting worldwide historical temperature data. their research showed that while there were fluctuations in temperature over the past 150 years, the hottest temperature was recorded in the 20th century. the effects of warming are already being felt in the fastest warming place on the planet: the arctic .
lamb then braved sea - sickness for several days on board a research vessel whose area of study is the turbulent southern ocean, where scientists are looking into the role that the ocean plays in regulating the planet’s temperature .
lastly, he visited with researchers who use computer models and ancient geological records to predict future climates .
it was a smart move to get the scientists themselves to explain their findings in simple terms and to show them at work because it humanized them and made it easy to trust them. viewers were able to see and hear what the scientists had to say without having to rely on a second - hand interpretation of the science and of the results of the studies .
but as that nugget of wisdom from the “g. i. joe” cartoons taught us, “knowing is half the battle. ” the next move is up to us. – kdm, gma news
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dense with facts, but nonetheless accessible for more advanced students, this accurate portrayal of the science behind the crisis is a vital resource for students of the environment. —eva elisabeth von ancken, formerly at trinity - pawling school library, pawling, ny
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manila, philippines—the contribution of the philippines to global warming is only a drop in the bucket of the world’s total greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions, but that drop may get bigger in the future .
legazpi city, philippines—storms carrying winds of at least 300 kph, like supertyphoon “yolanda, ” are likely to be “the norm for the philippines” as a result of climate change, albay gov. joey salceda said, echoing findings made by a panel of climate experts submitted to the united nations .
manila - some leaders of nongovernmental organizations in the philippines advancing environmental causes find the government' s climate change mitigation and adaption programs wanting even after the country suffered massive devastation from the wrath of super typhoon
yolanda
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. inset shows a scanning electron microscopy image of the sample. dashed ellipses highlight the pair of holes (which are highlighted in white) that creates an effective double - well pinning potential for the vortices .
the critical current of the sample in fig. 1 [ normalized to zero magnetic field critical current
. white circles indicate the positions of vortex - free holes and the dashed red square shows the unit cell of the simulation area .
( a), (b) simulated voltage vs time response of the sample of fig. 3 at
for zero (a) and half matching field (b). panels 1–5 show snapshots of
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thin ice is a 2013 documentary film following geologist simon lamb on a search to understand the science behind climate change . this is achieved by traveling the world and meeting a range of scientists , from biologists to physicists , who are investigating the climate . the film 's conclusion emphasises the scientific consensus on human-induced climate change . the film was a joint initiative between oxford university and victoria university of wellington , and premiered around the world on earth day 2012 , and in new zealand in 2015 . 
thin ice is a 2013 documentary film following geologist simon lamb on a search to understand the science behind climate change. this is achieved by traveling the world and meeting a range of scientists, from biologists to physicists, who are investigating the climate. the film's conclusion emphasises the scientific consensus on human-induced climate change. the film was a joint initiative between oxford university and victoria university of wellington, and premiered around the world on earth day 2012, and in new zealand in 2015.
thin ice is a 2013 documentary film following geologist simon lamb on a search to understand the science behind climate change. this is achieved by traveling the world and meeting a range of scientists, from biologists to physicists, who are investigating the climate. the film's conclusion emphasises the scientific consensus on human-induced climate change. the film was a joint initiative between oxford university and victoria university of wellington, and premiered around the world on earth day 2012, and in new zealand in 2015.