Podcast:TED Talks series - James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss

TED Talks

Summary

20 Minutes

TED Talks series, FILMED JUL 2009 - POSTED SEP 2009 - TEDGlobal 2009

Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change.

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To demonstrate how photography can be used as a tool to support evidence of climate change.

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References and Resources

James Balgo is an American photographer whose work revolves around the relationship between humans and nature. His latest work, the Extreme Ice Survey, captures the twisting, soaring forms of threatened wild ice. Full Bio >>

Citation

Talks, T. (2012). Podcast:TED Talks series - James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss.