This film, by DGR member Max Wilbert, brings you the voices of climate scientists – in their own words.

Rising temperatures in the Arctic are contributing the melting sea ice, thawing permafrost, and destabilization of a system that has been called “Earth’s Air Conditioner”. Global warming is here and is impacting weather patterns, natural systems, and human life around the world – and the Arctic is central to these impacts.

Scientists featured in the film include:

Jennifer Francis, PhD. Atmospheric Sciences

Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University.

Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University. Ron Prinn, PhD. Chemistry

TEPCO Professor of Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

TEPCO Professor of Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Natalia Shakhova, PhD. Marine Geology

International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska-Fairbanks.

International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Kevin Schaefer, PhD.

Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center. Stephen J. Vavrus, PhD. Atmospheric Sciences

Center for Climatic Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Center for Climatic Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison Nikita Zimov, Northeast Science Station, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Jorien Vonk, PhD. Applied Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University

Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University Jeff Masters, PhD. Meteorology

Director, Weather Underground

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