21W.036 | Spring 2022 | Undergraduate

Science Writing and New Media: Writing and the Environment

Videos

Videos to consider for your critical review.

On Sea-level rise (Choose Earth Under Water & one other!)

  • Earth Under Water (2015) (National Geographic-TV): 45 min
  • South Florida’s Rising Seas (2014, WPBT2, Florida): 26.5 min
  • Tidewater (2018, PBS, US): 26.5 min. [From American Resilience Project]
    • Focuses on Hampton Roads, VA, & rising waters near a military base.
  •  The Last Generation (2018) (Frontline & MIT Doculab): variable time interactive web documentary
    • Begin with “Visit the Project”
    • Remember to explore all three children’s experience
  •  Sinking Cities (2018, PBS, US) c. 55 min. each.
    • o 4 separate documentaries focus on 4 cities:  Choose one.

On the potential for a sixth mass extinction  (Choose two!)

  • “Extinction” (Episode 3 of PBS Evolution series, 2001, US): 56+ min.
    • Available via YouTube and Daily Motion
  • The Sixth Extinction (2014? Spain) 50+ min.
    • New Atlantis documentary
  • Racing Extinction  (2015, US, Discovery & Oceanic Preservation Society) : 1 hr + 34 min.
  • Extinction: The Facts.  (2020, BBC, UK): 58 min 
    • Hosted by David Attenborough

Plastic pollution (esp. in ocean): (Choose Two!)

Sustainable Agriculture

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