Brown Bag Lunch Documentary Series
Maps & Imagery User Services is hosting a Brown Bag Lunch Documentary Series. Bring your lunch and come watch and learn about a variety of topics associated with climate change. Documentaries will be shown in GL 273. Dates and times are listed below. (No registration is required)
The Nature of Business: Partnering with the Environment
Tuesday November 20, 12:00-12:30 P.M.
As corporations continue to think globally, the rapidly deteriorating state of the environment is demanding that they act locally-now. This program brings together the president of the World Bank and visionary corporate leaders to map out a plan for a sustainable future that everyone can live with. British Petroleum, an industry giant committed to reducing greenhouse gases; the Otto Group, a German conglomerate that factors environmental protection and social responsibility into all processes and decisions; and Interface, an American commercial interior furnishings company dedicated to sustainable development and fighting waste, are featured.
Dimming of the Sun
Tuesday, November 27, 12:00-1:00 P.M.
In the early 21st century, it's become clear that air pollution can significantly reduce the amount of sunlight reaching Earth, lower temperatures, and mask the warming effects of greenhouse gases. Climate researcher James Hansen estimates that "global dimming" is cooling our planet by more than a degree Celsius (1.8°F) and fears that as we cut back on the pollution that contributes to dimming, global warming may escalate to a point of no return. Regrettably, in terms of possibly taking corrective action, our current understanding of global dimming has been a long time in the coming, considering the first hints of the phenomenon date back to 18th-century observations of volcanic eruptions. Nova unravels this baffling climate detective story.
The Fallacy of Global Warming
Thursday, November 29, 12:00-12:30 PM
Have two centuries of industrialization caused an increase in global warming? In this comprehensive program, experts analyze satellite images, archival weather records, tree rings, core samples from the ocean floor, and air frozen into ancient ice to investigate climatic changes over the past 250,000 years. After factoring in the effects of orbital variations, sunspots, volcanoes, and sulfur dioxide aerosols, scientists theorize that recent global warming is not as abrupt - nor as potentially cataclysmic - as previously believed.
Global Warming: The Signs and the Science
Tuesday, December 4, 12:00-1:00 P.M.
This documentary profiles people who are living with the grave consequences of a changing climate, as well as the individuals, communities and scientists inventing new approaches to safeguard our children's future. Filmed across the U.S., Asia and South America, this program brings the reality of climate change to life and offers viewers a variety of ways to make a difference in their own communities.
Baked Alaska
Thursday, December 6, 12:00-12:30 P.M.
Documentary about how rising temperatures and the battle over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) are impacting life in Alaska.