Friday, March 9, 2018

Want to see 168 years of climate change in two minutes? 1850-2017

Explainer: The polar vortex, climate change and the ‘Beast from the East’

Disrupted polar vortices: Reason for large climate fluctuations, warm arctic winters and extreme cold waves in Europe and elsewhere. Highly probable to get worse with climate change - generating another tipping point that might change global climate drastically in very short time...



https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-polar-vortex-climate-change-and-beast-from-the-east

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

TODAY: Films on Indigenous Resistance Against Fossil Fuels

The 6th Environmental Documentary Series is showing Water Warriors (22 min) and Standing Rock - Take me to the river (29 min). I was given permission by the film makers to show these not publicly available short films, which are currently screened at many film festivals. The topics are Indigenous resistance against fossil fuels, climate change, and pollution. Location: Siena Heights University, Adrian Campus, Science Building, Room 131. Today, Wednesday, 7 PM. Links: http://www.storyline.media/waterwarriors/