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Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers

The "Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers," with Right Livelihood Award Winner Nnimmo Bassey, explores the impacts of climate change and hydropower on the world's rivers.

Finding Oregon

Finding Oregon is the compilation of six months of timelapse photography across the state of Oregon, punctuated by a 1600 mile road trip in September. We've filmed the Columbia River Gorge, Mt Hood, Mt Jefferson, the Southwestern Coast, the Alvord Desert, Leslie Gulch, Blue Mountains, Crater Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness, Deschutes River, and more. We're proud to have touched all four corners of the state; however Oregon is the kind of place that the more you see, the more places there are to still discover.

Crushing the Myth of Global Cooling

Dr. Benjamin Santer is one of the world's most respected climate scientists. He is a researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a frequent expert witness before the US Congress, and a tireless researcher. In a recent lecture at California State University at Chico, he addressed one of the enduring myths of climate denial.

Visualizing empires decline

This is mainly an experimentation with soft bodies using toxi's verlet springs. The data refers to the evolution of the top 4 maritime empires of the XIX and XX centuries by extent. The visual emphasis is on their decline.

The Inner Life of a Cell

Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell.

'Brinicle' ice finger of death filmed in Antarctic

As brine from the sea ice sinks, a 'brinicle' forms threatening life on the sea floor with a frosty fate.

Octopus Walks on Land at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

This guy came out of the booth to gift us a crab.

Anthropocene Mapping

This video is based on the map experiments I have done to illustrate the Anthropocene. It shows several features of our global civilization: cities, built environment, transmission lines, pipelines, main paved and unpaved roads and railways.

Land Temperature Anomaly Video

Berkeley Earth video representation of the land surface temperature anomaly, 1800 to the present. The map of the world shows the temperature anomaly by location over time. The chart at the bottom, shows the global land-surface temperature anomaly. The Berkeley Earth analysis shows 0.911 degrees Centigrade of land warming (+/- 0.042 C) since the 1950s.