Earth Sciences Hosts Screening of ‘Thin Ice’ Climate Change Documentary

Monday, April 22, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

黑料不打烊鈥檚 Department of Earth Sciences will host a screening of 鈥淭hin Ice鈥擳he Inside Story of Climate Change鈥 today, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. in Eggers Auditorium, Room 010 of Eggers Hall. The screening is free and open to the public.

The just-released movie will be screened at close to 200 locations throughout the world today, which is Earth Day.

The 73-minute documentary聽is the first film about the science of climate change made by scientists themselves. It聽tells the story of the urgent work to understand the Earth’s changing climate from the standpoint of the individuals who are on the front lines聽of climate change research in the Arctic, Antarctic, Southern Ocean, New Zealand, Europe and the United States.

More than six years in the making,聽鈥淭hin Ice鈥 is a compelling look at the changes taking place in the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and ice sheets. It documents the hopes, fears and sense of urgency driving the scientists studying these changes.

For more information, contact Paul Fitzgerald at 443-2672 or pgfitzge@syr.edu.