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Animated Aurora Borealis, from Orbit Animated Aurora Borealis, from Orbit
Posted by: Revkin

Video duration: 80 seconds

From NYTIMES.COM/DOTEARTH : Astronaut Don Pettit created an astounding video using a sequence of still images he shot of the aurora borealis (northern lights) from the International Space Station.
For more on Dr. Pettit and the Earth from space, visit http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com

Related: arctic, astronauts, aurora, earth, film, gadget, lights, nasa, nature, north, northern, pettit, photography, pole, shuttle, space, video

Losing Alaska Losing Alaska
Posted by: Revkin

Video duration: 108 seconds

Alaska's Arctic coast is eroding at up to 100 feet a year in some places as the warming climate thaws tundra and open water raises waves that pound shores. Researchers from the Univ. of Colorado created a video showing 30 days of erosion. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com

Related: alaska, arctic, climate, erosion, greenhouse, north, ocean, palin, slope, warming

Richard Wilson on Bombs and Climate, Politics and Science Richard Wilson on Bombs and Climate, Politics and Science
Posted by: Revkin

Video duration: 483 seconds

A veteran physicist and expert on nuclear risk weighs in for DOT EARTH on nuclear peril and promise, politics and cliamte, from an annual meeting on "planetary emergencies" in Erice, Sicily.
More on http://www.nytimes.c om/dotearth

Related: bomb, climate, environment, global, italy, milita, nuclear, politics, richard, risk, science, sicily, war, warming, wilson

A Year on Dot Earth A Year on Dot Earth
Posted by: Revkin

Video duration: 263 seconds

Through the first year of my New York Times blog, Dot Earth, I've been taking readers on a season-by-season tour of life in a patch of woods on the edge of suburbia.
More info at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com

Related: dogs, earth, environment, nature, seasons, video

Matt Damon Pushes for Clean Water in Africa Matt Damon Pushes for Clean Water in Africa
Posted by: Revkin

Video duration: 174 seconds

Matt Damon was one of hundreds of participants in this year's meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, former President Bill Clinton's effort to funnel wealth in ways that improve lives in poor places. He announced a pledge to raise $1 million for water projects in Africa. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com http://www.clintongl obalinitiative.org

Related: africa, bill, clinton, damon, disease, environment, matt, nonprofit, poverty, water

Gorillas of northern Congo Republic Gorillas of northern Congo Republic
Posted by: Revkin

Video duration: 186 seconds

The Wildlife Conservation Society surveyed for western lowland gorillas in northern Congo Republic and found a "motherlode" of more than 125,000, as yet unaffected by Ebola virus or hunting. But threats are rising. More on Dot Earth (nytimes.com/doteart h) and www.wcs.org

Related: africa, animals, babies, congo, cute, endangered, gorillas, nature, revkin

Christmas in Space, 1968 Christmas in Space, 1968
Posted by: Revkin

Video duration: 123 seconds

The Apollo 8 astronauts read sections from the Bible on Christmas Day, 1968, as they orbited the Moon. More on the remarkable Apollo 8 mission at:
http://tinyurl.co m/dotEarthrise
(Credit: NASA)

Related: astronauts, christmas, earth, earthrise, moon, nasa, space

Generation E - Alec Loorz, 14, Acts on Global Warming Generation E - Alec Loorz, 14, Acts on Global Warming
Posted by: Revkin

Video duration: 129 seconds

There are signs that a generation is rising that plans to make an energy quest -- from the light socket to the laboratory to the classroom and boardroom -- a top priority. At 12, Alec Loorz was already trying to excite fellow kids to get involved. Now he leads a climate group focused on students: http://www.Kids-vs-g lobal-warming.com . More at http://www.nytimes.c om/dotearth

Related: global, kids, activism, climate, earth, energy, environmentalism, gr, innovation, loorz, politics, science, warming, youth

As the World Turns As the World Turns
Posted by: Revkin

Video duration: 104 seconds

A huge rotating Earth was a centerpiece at this year's Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, Calif. The meeting explores ways to smooth the human relationship to the home planet. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com and http://www.bioneers. org .

Related: activism, architecture, biology, design, ecology, environment, environmentalism, grassroots, nature, outreach

\ 'Poop is Funny, But Fatal'
Posted by: Revkin

Video duration: 169 seconds

More than 2 billion people have no safe place to defecate, and about 1.5 million people, mostly children, die young each year because of water contaminated with waste. What can be done to cut such losses? Explore the issue on Dot Earth, http://www.nytimes.c om/dotearth , and at www.wsscc.org.

Related: children, develoment, disease, dot, earth, feces, health, medicine, poop, poverty, revk, sanitation, unicef, waste, youth

The Turkey - An Apprecation The Turkey - An Apprecation
Posted by: Revkin

Video duration: 38 seconds

It's Thanksgiving in the U.S.A. and a good time to weigh and appreciate the gifts this planet keeps on giving -- including the turkey, whether as part of a feast or simply as an offbeat and grand bird.
More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com
http://www.stoneb arnscenter.org

Related: birds, holidays, nature, thanksgiving, turkey, wildlife