Where: Discovery Cinema
Description
This movie projection is offered exclusively to KAUST community members and is suitable for the whole family.
A documentary (2015) about global warming (Antartica) and the scientist Claude Lorius, directed by Luc Jacquet.
“In my lifetime I have seen how man, by burning oil, wood and coal, has been changing the earth’s climate. I traveled back thousands of years to check whether what I’d discovered wasn’t just a quirk of nature.” These simple, strong words in the film “Antarctica: Ice and Sky” are spoken by the French explorer and scientist Claude Lorius. His work in the Antarctic, beginning over 60 years ago, eventually unearthed compelling evidence that climate change was a man-made phenomenon.
Professor Carlos Duarte, Director, Red Sea Research Center, will present the movie and lead the discussion.
For the weekend movies, make sure to collect your Pioneer Movie Pass at the cinema, good for all 8 film screenings. Enter for the chance to win a restaurant voucher by seeing 3 or more movies.
French with English subtitles
This documentary is brought to you by the Office of Enrichment Programs in collaboration with the University Library and Recreation Services.
Carlos Duarte
Professor Carlos M. Duarte holds the Tarek Ahmed JuffaliChair in Marine Biology with the Red Sea Research Center (RSRC) at KAUST. Duarte received his Ph.D. from McGill University, Canada, in 1987. His research focuses on understanding the effects of global change, including climate change as well as other global-scale impacts of human activity, in marine ecosystems, which he has studied across the world. Duarte has conducted over 15 polar expeditions in Antarctica and the Arctic.
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