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202610 minGdocumentary

Arctic Shifts

202610 minGdocumentary

Rapidly warming Arctic ecosystems are explored through art-science animation by Anna Lindemann and Dr. Alice DuVivier, highlighting human impact on climate change.

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Rapidly warming Arctic ecosystems are explored through art-science animation by Anna Lindemann and Dr. Alice DuVivier, highlighting human impact on climate change.

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Anna Lindemanndirector

Alice du Vivierwriter

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"Arctic Shifts" is an art-science animation that combines scientific climate simulations and speculative storytelling to reveal how our human activity is connected to the ecosystem and environmental changes occurring in the rapidly warming Arctic. The animation was created by artist Anna Lindemann and scientist Dr. Alice DuVivier, a polar climate modeler at U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR).

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