Charles Annenberg Weingarten, Tom Pollock, Roger Jackson, Liz Marks, explore.org
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This beautifully filmed and produced video describes the changes that global warming is already bringing to Northern Canada and Greenland. Local people describe changes to ecosystems, impacts on culture and life styles, and the challenges of melting permafrost. Ship captains describe changes in navigational channels and fjords. Scientists describe changes in albedo and permafrost, as well as increased pollution transported from outside the Arctic (the Grasshopper effect).
Subject: Biology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Policy:Environmental Economics, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Regional climates, Climate sensitivity and feedbacks Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14) Theme: Teach the Earth:Incorporating Societal Issues:Public Policy, Teach the Earth:Enhancing your Teaching:NGSS, Teach the Earth:Incorporating Societal Issues:Climate Change, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science