Image by ilovegreenland via Flickr
Oct 12, 2012 by MoyersandCompany
James Balog, one of the world’s outstanding cinemaphotographers, joins Bill to explain that “the earth is having a fever.” At tremendous risk to his own safety, Balog has been documenting the erosion of glaciers in Switzerland, Greenland, Iceland, and Alaska. His soon-to-be-released film, Chasing Ice, is a breathtaking account of climate change in action.
James Balog on Capturing our Disappearing Glaciers
***
TEDtalksDirector on Sep 9, 2009
http://www.ted.com Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change.
James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss
from the archives:
On Thinner Ice – Melting Glaciers on the Roof of the World
‘Benchmark’ glaciers shrinking faster
Scientists capture dramatic footage of Arctic glaciers melting in hours + video
Pingback: The Quiet Revolution: Combating Climate Change by Lesley Docksey « Dandelion Salad
Pingback: Africa: Climate for Change « Dandelion Salad
Pingback: COP18: “We are Running Out of Time” « Dandelion Salad
Pingback: World Bank should take its own advice on climate change by Simon Butler « Dandelion Salad
Pingback: Stand Still For the Apocalypse by Chris Hedges « Dandelion Salad
Pingback: The Climate Question: Degrees of Change, Part 1 « Dandelion Salad
Pingback: She’s Alive… Beautiful… Finite… Hurting… Worth Dying for. « Dandelion Salad
Pingback: How the 1 Percent Conjured a Monster Storm by Chris Williams « Dandelion Salad
Pingback: Bill McKibben on Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change: If There Was Ever A Wake-up Call, This Is It « Dandelion Salad
Pingback: The Stimulator: Countdown to Armageddon « Dandelion Salad