Monday, April 15, 2013

Hidden Flow: The Rising Tide of European E-waste in West Africa

This investigative film produced by CI's corporate watchdog partner DanWatch reveals how a staggering 500,000 used PCs arrive in Lagos every month - 75% of which go straight to landfill. This is just the tip of the 6.6 million tons of European e-waste dumped on the developing world every year, despite international bans.

Coal Curse Movie by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta supported by Greenpeace

"Coal Curse", a film on the political economy of coal energy in India, by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta supported by Greenpeace, takes you on a journey to the land of dirty coal trials and tribulations of the people working in the coal mines.

The documentary film explores the political economy of coal in contemporary India with the ground situation in Singrauli as a case study.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Keeping a Close Eye on Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier

Jakobshavn Glacier, one of the fastest moving glaciers in Greenland, has been the focus of IceBridge survey flights for five consecutive years. Here, images from an IceBridge mission on Apr. 4, 2013 and video footage from the 2012 Arctic campaign show this rapidly changing ice stream and how IceBridge is using its suite of airborne instruments to collect crucial data on ice movement and how much glaciers like Jakobshavn might contribute to future sea level rise.

Flying Low over Southeast Greenland by NASA

Few of us ever get to see Greenland's glaciers from 500 meters above the ice. But in this video — recorded on April 9,2013 in southeast Greenland using a cockpit camera installed and operated by the National Suborbital Education and Research Center, or NSERC — we see what Operation IceBridge's pilots see as they fly NASA's P-3B airborne laboratory low over the Arctic. Following a glacier's sometimes winding flow line gives IceBridge researchers a perspective on the ice not possible from satellites which pass in straight lines overhead. By gathering such data, IceBridge is helping to build a continuous record of change in the polar regions.

Sea Ice Max 2013: An Interesting Year for Arctic Sea Ice by NASA

After a record melt season, an Arctic cyclone, and a fascinating fracturing event, Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Climate Change Is Simple by David Roberts

This video is to promote general awareness of the science of climate change. It features David Roberts of Grist, and short clips from around the web. Edited by @ryanlcooper.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

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