How burning Forests melt Ice Sheets
Forest fires can melt glaciers thousands of miles away by changing the color of the ice.
This strange story of smoke, dust and algae looks at the lesser-known half of a positive feedback loop: not only does climate change make fires bigger and badder, those fires are then fuelling climate change.
Release via Greenpeace Unearthed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgDBvQcJZyE
- Video written, produced and narrated by Georgie Johnson
- Animated and edited by Sian Butcher
- Music and sound design by JPML.agency
- Script edited by Emma Howard
- Featuring Jessica McCarty and Alun Hubbard
Footage from Greenpeace, Getty, NASA Special thanks to Greenpeace Global Mapping Hub, Dr Reyes Tirado, Ice Alive and NASA Scientific Visualisation Studio
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