{"id":700,"date":"2009-11-10T21:34:13","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T19:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=700"},"modified":"2021-03-11T11:15:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T09:15:55","slug":"time-lapse-photography-shows-the-urgency-of-why-we-have-to-deal-with-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/time-lapse-photography-shows-the-urgency-of-why-we-have-to-deal-with-global-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Lapse Photography Shows the Urgency of Why We Have To Deal With Global Warming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of the more important TED Talks I&#8217;ve watched.<\/p>\n<p>Photographer James Balog has spent the last few years dedicating himself to creating a record of just how bad Global Warming actually is. He&#8217;s positioned dozens of time lapse cameras in glacial and alpine regions, and makes films showing how the glaciers are retreating, releasing millions of litres of water into the world&#8217;s oceans.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s showing how the rate of glacial retreat is accelerating.<\/p>\n<p>Please watch this video using <a href=\"https:\/\/xn--topp-drnare-xfb.se\/\">www.xn--topp-drnare-xfb.se<\/a>. It&#8217;s a twenty-minute journey into the wonder of nature, and the mystery of humankind&#8217;s ability to destroy everything we know.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"446\" height=\"326\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"\/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\"\/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/JamesBalog_2009G-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/JamesBalog-2009G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=628&amp;introDuration=16500&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=2000&amp;adKeys=talk=james_balog_time_lapse_proof_of_extreme_ice_loss;year=2009;theme=a_greener_future;theme=media_that_matters;theme=to_boldly_go;theme=speaking_at_tedglobal2009;theme=new_on_ted_com;event=TEDGlobal+2009;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\"\/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\"\/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\"\/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of the more important TED Talks I&#8217;ve watched. 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