From the NASA Goddard Facebook page, 4/29/16:

Academy Award winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio visited Goddard Saturday to talk about NASA Earth science with former astronaut Piers Sellers, the current deputy director of Goddard’s Sciences and Exploration Directorate. They discussed NASA missions studying changes in the Earth’s atmosphere, water and land masses for a climate change documentary DiCaprio has in production. Using Goddard’s Hyperwall high-definition display system, they viewed presentations based on actual science data captured by NASA’s fleet of satellites orbiting Earth, as well as climate and ocean-current modeling done by the NASA Center for Climate Simulation at Goddard. The background visual shows the biosphere with data from a NASA satellite instrument called the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS). http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=10704 Mr. DiCaprio also viewed the clean room where the next-generation James Webb Space Telescope is being developed.

I have to wonder, did Piers Sellers tell DiCaprio what he was actually looking at? That image from SEAWIFS shows the greening of the planet thanks to increased CO2, as documented on WUWT back in 2008, and corroborated by a recent press release from NASA Goddard: NASA: Carbon dioxide fertilization greening Earth, study finds

My bet is both were oblivious to what was behind them on the big screen. If they weren’t, I doubt they considered it important information.

From another photo:

Academy Award winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio visited Goddard Saturday to talk about NASA Earth science with former astronaut Piers Sellers, the current deputy director of Goddard’s Sciences and Exploration Directorate. They discussed NASA missions studying changes in the Earth’s atmosphere, water and land masses for a climate change documentary DiCaprio has in production. Using Goddard’s Hyperwall high-definition display system, they viewed presentations based on actual science data captured by NASA’s fleet of satellites orbiting Earth, as well as climate and ocean-current modeling done by the NASA Center for Climate Simulation at Goddard. Mr. DiCaprio also viewed the clean room where the next-generation James Webb Space Telescope is being developed. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Rebecca Roth

From People Magazine:

DiCaprio, 41, has been working on a climate change documentary, having traveled to Baffin Island in the Arctic last summer. In 2007, he created, produced, co-written and narrated The 11th Hour, a documentary that gave viewers a look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet’s ecosystems.

DiCaprio’s last climate film, The 11th Hour, was a total bomb, earning just $985,207, and in limited theater release with just 111 theaters. In the USA, it earned only $707,343 and was ranked 259th for the year out of all films.

Source: Box Office Mojo http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=11thhour.htm

With a poster like this, it isn’t hard to see why people didn’t react well to it. After all, who wants to see a film that makes the audience look like jack booted Gaia thugs?

Meanwhile the movie Climate Hustle is gaining steam. Go see it Monday night.

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