The Big Melt

This is a collection of five short videos that show how climate change is affecting fishing, native populations and access for the oil and gas industry in the Arctic. The videos include personal reflections by writers Andrew C. Revkin and Simon Romero, scientists, and residents about their experience of the impacts of the climate change in the Arctic.

Go To:

https://www.nytimes.com/video/the-big-melt
Andrew C Revkin
Simon Romero
The New York Times

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Teaching Tips

Teaching Tips

Educators can use these videos to discuss how climate change is currently affecting the Arctic and the possible future impacts on the social and economic life of its residents.

Literacy and Resources

Relation Link: 
http://cleanet.org/resources/43443.html
Climate Literacy: 
GP b Reducing human vulnerability to and impacts on climate requires multi-disciplinary, integrated understanding
GP c Climate change affects national security
GP f Strategies of human adaptation to climate change
Climate is complex
3 a Climate's role in habitats ranges and adaptation of species to climate changes
5 b Observations are the foundation for understanding the climate system
Our understanding of climate
6 e Negative impacts of global warming outweigh positive
Humans affect climate
7 e Ecosystems on land and in the ocean have been and will continue to be disturbed by climate change
Climate change has consequences
Topics: 
Climate Feedbacks
Measurements and Observations
Climate Data
Sea Level Rise
Ecosystem Changes
Melting Ice and Permafrost
Economic Impacts
Climate Impacts
Process of Science
Grade Level: 
Middle (6-8)
College Lower (13-14)
High School (9-12)