Climate Change Multimedia
Climate Change in Golden Gate - Google Earth Tour
This multimedia tour shows how climate change may impact Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Each of eleven sites, indicated by map icons, focuses on specific threats through a combination of written summaries, photos, videos, GIS map layers you can turn on and off, and links to further information.
You may download the tour and play it on your computer by clicking here. Please note: To play the tour this way you must first have Google Earth (free) installed.
Click on the map icons or the tour items listed in the "Temporary Places" folder in the column to the left of the map. From there, you can explore the tour components by clicking on and off different sites and GIS layers. You may also click on the "GUIDED AUDIO TOUR" for a narrated fly through version. Start your tour by selecting the Introduction icon (Park Service Arrowhead).
Changing Climate and the Coast Redwood Ecosystem
41:45 minutes
Coast Redwood trees and their close relatives have existed so far for hundreds of millions of years. Emily Limm, Director of Science and Planning at Save the Redwoods League, discusses what the future looks like for these giants given what we know so far about Coast Redwood ecology and our rapidly changing climate.
Redwoods and Climate Change
QUEST follows a group of UC Berkeley scientists to the top of a 320-foot redwood in Mendocino County. Only 5 percent of these ancient redwoods survived our voracious desire for their hardy and plentiful wood. Now scientists are trying to predict how the remaining ones and their descendants might fare in the face of climate change in the decades to come.
Duration: 11:37
Original Air Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Birds on the Go (audio and pictures)
Climate change is sending bird species across California packing. Ecologist Diana Stralberg tries to predict where they’ll land.
5:23 minutes
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Read the script (77 KB PDF)
Fire, Butterflies and Climate Change (audio and pictures)
Ecologists have begun to think about fire in a whole new way. But just as they’re changing their outlook on blazes, climate change threatens to alter fire patterns across California.
5:52 minutes
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Read the script (80 KB PDF)
An Underground Answer to Greenhouse Gasses (audio and pictures)
Ecosystem scientist Whendee Silver has a unique and natural solution to the glut of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere—store carbon dioxide underneath California’s grasslands.
5:23 minutes
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Sustainability at Point Reyes (audio and pictures)
Point Reyes National Seashore is one of dozens of national parks trying to cut down on carbon emissions. Many of their solutions can help at home, too.
5:22 minutes
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Exploring How Climate Change is Impacting the California Coast (audio)
December 15, 2009
Dr. Frank Schwing, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has been studying the California current, trying to discern how climate change is impacting the current and the ecosystem which depends on it.
Part 1
4:56 minutes (5,789 KB mp3)
Part 2
4:22 minutes (5,122 KB mp3)
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Read the scripts
Part 1 (68 KB PDF)
Part 2 (65 KB PDF)
Climate Watch: California at the Tipping Point
The world's climate is changing and California is now being affected in both dramatic and subtle ways. Get an in-depth look at the science behind climate change as we explore the environmental changes taking place throughout the state.
Duration: 22:20
Original Air Date: Friday, Apr 17, 2009
Golden Gate Climate Update (audio and transcripts)
A series of podcast interviews with leading scientific authorities, park staff and partners involved with climate change science, response and sustainability as it relates to National Parks; particularly those in the West.
Tracking Raindrops
We all rely on the water cycle, but how does it actually work? Scientists at UC Berkeley are embarking on a new project to understand how global warming is affecting our fresh water supply. And they're doing it by tracking individual raindrops in Mendocino and north of Lake Tahoe.
Duration: 9:36
Original Air Date: Tuesday, Jul 22, 2008
