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The Earth is uncool.
In response to a wish expressed elsewhere that a graph showing the lack of a pause after 1998 was updated with the most recent data I had a go and got this.
In the process I discover that there is a fad again for animated GIFs.
This reminds me of the very early days when the flashing GIF was the height of cool, and packing the most into the smallest file size was almost an art. You certainly had to be crafty. Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Climate, Visual media
Earth memory and carbon dioxide.
Earth memory and carbon dioxide.
The recent passing of the 400ppm level of CO2 will persist in the memory of the Earth for millennia. The chemical changes as well as the climate effects are slow to dissipate even if there is no further anthropogenic perturbation of the system.
But the Earth can remember bigger and older changes. The Earth remembers by writing the events into the geology of the surface. Small changes only write a small memory that may get overwritten by subsequent events. But the big changes leave traces that persists for many millions of years. Continue reading
The ear can hear faster than the eye can see.
The ear can hear faster than the eye can see.
Our ears can perceive and decode a lot more of the information in sound in a given time than our visual systems can decipher in an image.
We can hear a melody easily that when presented in visual form is just too rapid to decipher what is going on. Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Visual media
Extremely foolish
One month ago I posted this …
“This prediction of his political demise will look extremely foolish and my confidence will again disintegrate if he does survive or even gets a moderate share of the vote while losing”
I’m posting this the morning Trump won.
I’m….. Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Climate sensitivity and visual rhetoric.
I found another visual way to depict an aspect of climate science in the course of a discussion. The issue was what value of climate sensitivity can be used to inform policy. The amount the global average surface temperature will rise for a doubling of CO2 is often chosen for its policy implications rather than for its scientific credibility. The problem is there are a range of values, and no good reason to prefer one over another. Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Climate, Science, Visual media
back again
Back again
After such a long absence from posting it is customary to return with a reason. A tale of events somehow proportional to the length of the gap. But a large part of it was indolence.
Certainly there were the real world logistics of summer holidays work and family to distract. But nothing exceptional.
There are two reasons for not posting anything new recently. Continue reading
HOW2 (?) in AE
Video FX and editing. A How2 Do a photo-montage in Adobe After Effects video editing and FX software.
Fast, flashing images, subliminal effects and tachistocopic limits.
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Posted in Animation, Climate, Visual media
Chiddfest
It is that time of year again when a local music festival in which friends and relatives are involved approaches. So here is a little bit of animation to advertise the event.
Click below for the link and more… Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Visual media
Mining the Past
Coal has a history. In synergistic symbiosis with steel-making and steam engines it fuelled the industrial revolution. Replaced slavery and became the dominant economic industry on the planet for a few decades.
In the present coal appears to be dying. The bankruptcy of Peabody energy, the last big private coal producer in the US and the conviction of Blankenship, a mine owner for a mining disaster are events that could never have been imagined during the days of King Coal.
Does coal have a future? Or under the influence of campaigns like the coal disinvestment movement will it be relegated to a small scale resource, exploited for its local convenience and no longer exist as a major player in the global energy markets? Continue reading
