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Bringing Back Bison Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 33 seconds A comprehensive report has been released proposing a road map for restoring bison populations to the North American plains. Video provided with permission by the Wildlife Conservation Society, http://www.wcs.org The report: http://www.iucn.o rg/?4750 More on Dot Earth: http://www.nytimes.c om/dotearth |
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Living the (Imposed) Low-Carbon Life In Blizzard's Wake Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 194 seconds For several hundred thousand households in the Northeast, an epic snowfall led to days without power, heat, water and mobility. Welcome to the involuntarily low-carbon life. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com |
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Snow Day Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 47 seconds Dogs, a boy, a sled and lots of wet snow. More video on Dot Earth: http://j.mp/dotVids |
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Hurricane Frances, 2004 (NASA) Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 14 seconds NASA imagery of Hurricane Frances, a category 4 storm that caused substantial damage in Florida in 2004. New climate studies suggest that the average number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the western Atlantic could double from the current norm of 1.4 such storms per year. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com/tag/hu rricanes |
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Hudson River Thaw Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 53 seconds As the unusual winter cold snap abated, the Hudson River's sheath of ice began to break up (1/16/2010). More on http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com |
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Collision in the Whale Wars Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 37 seconds The new anti-whaling speedboat deployed by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society collides with a vessel in Japan's whaling fleet. More on New York Times blog Dot Earth: http://j.mp/CrashVie w Video provided by Japan's Institute for Cetacean Research. More on Dot Earth: http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com http://www.icrwha le.org/gpandsea.htm< br /> http://www.seashe pherd.org |
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Computers and Kids in Istanbul Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 18 seconds Kids in a working class and poor neighborhood in Istanbul surf the Internet and join Facebook. Could a translation algorithm allow them to get to know peers in other countries? |
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U.N. Secretary General on the Copenhagen Accord Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 212 seconds Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations, right after completing 48 hours of negotiations punctuated by a 2-hour nap, describes the merits of the Copenhagen Accord. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com/tag/co p15 |
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Nicholas Stern on the Four Climate Challenges in the Final Day Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 196 seconds Sir Nicholas Stern, an economist at the London School of Economics, has been serving as a kind of roving freelance policy adviser to nations gathered in Copenhagen for talks over a new climate treaty. Here he weighs in on key issues on the night before the final day of negotiations. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com/tag/co p15 |
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indigenous Communities Protest at Climate Talks Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 57 seconds At climate talks in Copenhagen, representatives of indigenous peoples from around the world marched down halls to warn that deals over forest conservation were not adequately representing their rights and interests. |
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Protests Heat Up in Copenhagen Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 227 seconds Protesters from around the world marched in Copenhagen, criticizing climate talks there as a handout to industry and demanding help for poor countries and deep cuts in heat-trapping gases. For more visit The New York Times blog DOT EARTH: http://j.mp/dotCo p15 |
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US Climate Team Gets Workout at Treaty Talks Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 34 seconds Negotiators at climate-treaty talks have to be in decent physical shape. After press briefings, the U.S. delegation typically speed walks back to its offices, tailed by reporters with followup questions. In this case, they also have to wedge through a demonstration about the rights of small island nations. More at Dot Earth: http://dotearth.b logs.nytimes.com |
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A Polar Bear Urges Obama to Act on Climate Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 49 seconds As delegates at climate talks in Copenhagen crowded around screens to watch President Obama speak after receiving his Nobel Peace Prize, a polar bear admonished the president to earn his award by pushing for a deal here on December 18th. More info: http://dotearth.b logs.nytimes.com/tag /cop15 |
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A Farewell to Old Sea Ice Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 31 seconds Ignatius Rigor, who studies Arctic ice and climate at the University of Washington, has created an animation showing how the oldest thickest sea ice has been progressively flushed from the Arctic Ocean over the last two decades. More background here: http://dotearth.b logs.nytimes.com/tag /arctic/ and here: http://seaice.apl .washington.edu/ |
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Sustainable Sushi? Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 92 seconds Kristofor Lofgren of Portland, Oregon, has just celebrated the first anniversary of Bamboo Sushi, said to be the first sushi restaurant in the world certified as serving sustainable seafood by the Marine Stewardship Council. He he shows off two albacore tuna dishes. More info: http://bamboosush ipdx.com http://www.msc.or g http://dotearth.b logs.nytimes.com/tag /tuna |
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Hidden Climate Threat (and Opportunity) Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 65 seconds Methane, the main ingredient in natural gas, is escaping in vast volumes from oil and gas fields in the United States, Russia and other countries. Some companies have found that investments in capturing the emissions quickly pay off in sales of the fuel. More at: http://dotearth.b logs.nytimes.com http://www.epa.go v/gasstar http://www.methan etomarkets.org |
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Walruses and Arctic Warming Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 41 seconds Walruses have been having a tough time as sea ice in the Arctic has increasingly retreated from coasts in summer, when the mammals use it as a nursery while they feed in shallow waters. Video from the World Wildlife Fund shows a stampede in Sept. 2009 at Cape Schmidt, Russia. More info: http://dotearth.b logs.nytimes.com/tag /arctic |
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A Toilet in a Parking Lot? Park(ing) Day '09 Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 61 seconds Once a year in 100 cities, activists and students turned parking spaces into mini-parks, replete with activities like this balloon-toilet toss. Here the focus was water conservation. More at: http://dotearth.b logs.nytimes.com http://parkingday .org |
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Hottest Summer Sea Surface Since at Least 1880 Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 25 seconds For the stretch from June through August 2009, the surface temperature of the world's seas was the warmest in the modern record (since 1880), federal climate officials said. More at http://www.nytime s.com/climate http://dotearth.b logs.nytimes.com http://www.noaa.g ov |
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Letting the Lunkers Go Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 80 seconds While hauling in (and releasing) big striped bass off Montauk, N.Y., Carl Safina, a marine biologist and avid angler, explains the merits of letting the biggest fish go. |
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Motorcycle Stunt Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 17 seconds In July, driving east on I-84 in Connecticut, I saw this rather insane fellow popping and holding a wheelie going 70 mph or so in highway traffic.... I know... It was a bit reckless to pull out the camcorder, but just had to record this candidate for the Darwin Award... What a species... |
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From Blossoms to Berries Posted by: Revkin
Video duration: 107 seconds A quick look at a Hudson Valley blackberry patch through the growing season. More on DOT EARTH: http://www.nytime s.com/dotearth |
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