The Arctic Is Relevant To Us All.
Action is required to alter earth’s course.
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The Temptation of Trees brings the science of forest ecosystems and their role in changing climate to light. Allowing our existing forests to grow will sequester far more carbon than planting new trees will.
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The Temptation of Trees
The Arctic Arts Project presented the findings from its May and August, Greenland expeditions to the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature). Here is a video of the presentation that provides a visual context of these record breaking changes. Additionally, we present science based thoughts and perspectives on these dramatic changes in Greenland and the world.
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Greenland Ground Zero- The IUCN report.
Our film on Winter Methane makes the implicit, explicit.
Methane is invisible. Climate is invisible. Watch and see how we make them both visible and relevant to world at large. Understanding the science of methane is critical to navigating our path through climate chaos.
In a warming Arctic, methane is becoming a contributor to climate chaos. See the incredibly imagery, captured by the Arctic Arts team, of methane in the winter landscape of the North.
Our team keeps coming back to this observation by John Muir: “When we try to pick out anything by itself we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords that cannot be broken, to everything in the universe.”
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Climate Chaos: Winter Methane
The Arctic is warming twice as quickly as the global average (a phenomenon known as Arctic Amplification). In 2019 there was a calculated 350 gigaton of fresh water melt from the Greenland glaciers and ice cap.
Freshwater is deeply impacted by changes in climate. Weather is more extreme meaning some places receive far more rain and snow than normal, creating the conditions for flooding. Other places receive far less water, putting strain on water systems and the people and animals that depend on them. In the Arctic, this can mean areas that are normally wet in summer become dry, sometimes shifting to polar desert.
When permafrost melts, there are impacts on drainage, ground water, river runoffs, and ecological systems. There can be a significant release of carbon and methane from the frozen soil.
Water is necessary for the survival of all living things on the Earth’s surface.
Around our planet, it appears in many forms, liquid, gas or solid.
Almost 70% of the freshwater on our planet is held within glaciers and ice-sheets.
We take water for granted, even though it is something we all depend on.
Our future, amongst other challenges, depends on the capability of preserving the ice. We simply cannot live without the air, and many species cannot live without ice.
This short documentary was filmed over a three year span in Greenland, Antarctica, Nunavut, Svalbard, and Iceland.