Oceans And Ice Film Night Combines Stunning Films With Latest Climate Science For Tasmania

Ocean Planet Tasmania will be screening the stunning, award-winning documentary Chasing Ice, select Tasmanian short films, and featuring a Q&A discussion with international oceanographer and climate expert Professor Nathan Bindhoff and local citizen scientist Suzanne Hovington of Lauderdale, at Oceans & Ice on Friday 6 December in Rosny.

“Oceans and Ice is a fantastic opportunity for the community around Rosny to see the amazing and visually stunning Chasing Ice film for an accessible price, and ask questions of internationally renowned oceanographer and climate scientist Professor Bindhoff about how climate change will affect our lifestyles here in Tasmania,” said Daniel Panek, Ocean Planet organiser.

“Chasing Ice is an incredible film that has received over 30 awards at film festivals around the world, and we are excited to be bringing it to families in Hobart’s eastern suburbs. We will also hear from Lauderdale resident Suzanne Hovington about her experience as a citizen scientist documenting some of the changes that are already occurring to our local beaches,” concluded Mr Panek.

Special guest speaker Nathan Bindoff is Professor of Physical Oceanography at the University of Tasmania, and CSIRO Marine Research Laboratories, Climate Change and Ocean Processes program leader, amongst other things. Nathan is a physical oceanographer, specializing in ocean climate and the earth’s climate system, with a focus on understanding the causes of change in the oceans. He contributed to the Inter-Governmental Panel for Climate Change winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, shared with Al Gore, and is now a coordinating lead author of the Detection and Attribution chapter in the Fifth Assessment Report for the IPCC.

Chasing Ice is the story of National Geographic photographer, James Balog’s mission to undertake the boldest expedition of his life; the Extreme Ice Survey, in order to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. With a team of young adventurers in tow, Balog works to deploy a network of revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers.

Oceans & Ice, 630pm Friday 6 December, Rosny Barn.

RSVP for tickets at www.oceanplanet.org.au

Ocean Planet Tasmania would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Tasmanian Climate Action Council and Clarence City Council in organizing this event.
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