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On Saturday, June 22nd, the Boston Museum of Science will open an exhibition of photographs by Gary Braasch, environmental photojournalist and author of the book, Earth under Fire. Braasch’s work not only reveals how climate change is altering our planet, but how humans are working to slow these changes through alternative energy use and conservation. Each photograph is [more...]  Guest Post by Gary Braasch In 2005, my interest in documenting climate change took me farther from my Oregon home than I had been for many years. With funds from a grant and a book advance from University of California Press, I was able to schedule trips to some of the most important but remote [more...] Starting on December 7, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen for the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference. With the Copenhagen summit on the horizon, “Climate Change and Our World“, an exhibit of Gary Braasch’s striking photographs, opened November 18 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C. (exhibit pictured above). [more...] By Gary Braasch, © June 18, 2009. Global climate change impacts across the United States are spelled out with renewed authority in a report released June 16 by the federal government. It marks the strongest and clearest statement from Washington that global warming’s effects are being felt over broad regions of the nation. [more...] A professional nature photographer for 30 years, Gary Braasch has published his work in Life, Time, Discover, and other prominent magazines and in several books. In 2006 he received the prestigious Ansel Adams Award from the Sierra Club. UC Press recently published Braasch’s latest book, Earth under Fire: How Global Warming Is Changing the World, [more...] While attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Nairobi last week, author Tom Downing spoke about The Atlas of Climate Change, which he coauthored with Kirstin Dow. This meeting, being held through November 17, is the second of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. Downing discussed threats to coastal areas and [more...] |
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