ALUMS
ALUMS WHO
ALUMS WHO CARRY A COMBINED SIX DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN 4@ TELEVISION JOU4@RNALISM4@
>> THE OCEAN DOESN'T BELIEVE IF
YOU KAREN CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE OCEAN IS CAN GET WARMER, NO
MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE .
>> I WAS IN MY OFFICE DURING MY
WORK ONE DAY AND ACROSS THE HALL
, DAN LAMBERT, WHOSE OUR
VIDEOGRAPHER, PRODUCER,
DIRECTOR, OF ALL VIDEOS,4@ CAME
UP AND SAID HEY COME INTO MY
OFFICE I WANT TO SHOW YOU
SOMETHING.
SO, I GO IN AND HE PLAYS THIS
TRAILER THAT IS MADE FOR A FILM
THAT DOESN'T EXIST, ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE GULF OF
MAINE .
>> BIGGEST FEAR ON THIS ISSUE
MAY BE EVEN BIGGER THAN WE
REALIZE AT THIS POINT4@ .
>> I SAID WHAT IS THIS .
>> HE SAID WE NEED TO MAKE A
DOCUMENTARY. TOOK ONE SARAH
MADE LEFT THE NEWS THE FIVE
YEARS AGO AND JOIN THE
MARKETING STAFF OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND, SHE
KNEW SHE WANTED TO HELP TELL
STORIES, MOST COME THROUGH 4@
PRESS RELEASES4@, BUT THIS
DOCUMENTARY WAS A CHANCE TO LET
THE RESEARCH SPEAK FOR ITSELF4@
SHE QUICKLY PULLED IN FORMER
COLLEAGUE, CHRIS ROSE. 4@
>> I THOUGHT WE GOT THE EXPERTS
IN EACH PERSON WHO IS DOING
RESEARCH, PROFESSORS,
SCIENTISTS, GOT A DIFFERENT
KIND OF NICHE ANGLE FOR CLIMATE
CHANGE .
>>4@4@ WE DIDN'T WANTED TO BE A
PROMOTIONAL FILM,4@ AND WE
DECIDED TO BRING PEOPLE IN FROM
THE OUTSIDE, RICK WHILE HE WAS
GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO TAKE, HE'S
ONE OF THE 4@LEADING EXPERTS IN
MAINE, WITH THE4@ INSTITUTE, WE
HAVE PETER ZELINSKI4@'S WITH TH
MAIN AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY, HE'S AN EXPERT ON SEA
LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING AND WE
HAVE DAN CHADBOURNE OLD SALT
REGULAR GUY4@.
>> LESS, IT'S ALMOST HALF OF
WHAT WE USED 4@TO GET .
>>4@ HE TOLD THE STORY THAT I
COULD NOT A SCIENTIST DO, I
DON'T THINK THE DOCUMENTARY
ACRES COULD HAVE BY YOURSELF .
>>4@ DR. CHARLES CHILDERS HAS 4@
STUDYING SINCE THE 90s AND
ASSIGNS OF ALL SCATTERED IS THE
URGENCY TO GET THE INFORMATION
OUT TO THE PU4@BLIC .
>> WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO ME
AS A SCIENTIST, IS IS WARMING
FASTER THAN 99% OF ALL OF THE
OCEANS IN THE WORLD .
>> THAT 4@WILL AFFECT LOBSTERS.
ALLOW FOR CRABS TO COME IN4@4@
INVADE THE AREA.
4@ THAT'S GOING TO MOVE ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF POPULATION
IN THE WATER 4@THAT 4@WILL AFFE
EVERYBODY'S ECONOMIC WELL-BEING
, AND TO TELL THE PEOPLE OF
MAINE, THIS WILL AFFECT YOU4@4@
>> YES, ONE OR 2 DEGREES, THOSE
NUMBERS DON'T MEAN VERY MUCH,4@
BUT, NO MORE 4@LOBSTERS ? MORE
GREEN CRABS, NO MORE
GROUNDFISH, THOSE ARE THE
THINGS THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT4@
AND THAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT 20 TO 30
YEARS .
>> YEAH SCIENTIST, RESEARCH,
GEOGRAPHERS, JOURNALISTS .
>> WE LINED UP ON THE
INTERVIEWS, SARAH AND I
CONDUCTED ALL OF THEM4@ OVER A
PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS, WE
DID A LOT OF IT LAST SUMMER 4@.
>> WOULD BE THE VOICE TO STRIKE
THE TONE, THAT YES THIS IS A
PROBLEM FOR MAINE, BUT THERE IS
HOPE .
>> I ALWAYS HEARD A WOMAN'S
VOICE,4@ AND I THOUGHT IF I COU
DO IT, I DID INITIALLY TO DO
HELP WITH THE EDITING PROCESS,
BUT I KEPT SAYING THAT
SOMETHING IS MISSING, THEN ALL
OF A SUDDEN IT CAME TO ME AND I
THOUGHT, IT SUSAN, IT HAS TO BE
SUSAN CAMPBELL .
>> A CHANGING CLIMATE WILL ME
CHANGES FOR ALL OF US4@.
>> THIS AFTERNOON, CREWMEMBERS
ARE BACK AT WORK .
>>> ANOTHER JOURNALIST, JOINING
THE RANKS OF DOCUMENTARY
FILMMAKER .
>> IT SPEAKS WELL TO 4@THE
UNIVERSITY THE EXPERTISE, THE
KIND OF FACULTY YOU WILL LEAR4@
FROM4@ AS YOU GO TO SCHOOL HERE
BUT OTHERS ALSO OUR
RESPONSIBILITY OF AN
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WITH
ALL OF 4@THE EXPERTISE4@ AND TH
THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM, IT'S
NOT 4@GOING AWAY AND IF WE DON'
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, WHAT
KIND OF WORLD ARE WE LEAVING
FOR PEOPLE ASK4@4@4@ --
>> NO ONE WAS DRIVING,
TRANSPORTATION HAD GONE 4@WAY DN
, THINGS THAT WE THINK OF IN
TERMS OF CARBON EMISSIONS HAVE
DECREASED.
WE ARE STILL LIMITING ENOUGH
CA4@RBON INTO THE ATMOSPHERE,
THAT IT'S GETTING WARMER AND
WARMER.
IN FACT 2020 IS PROTECTED 4@TO
THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD4@,
EVEN THOUGH, WE HAVE DRIVEN
LAST.
BECAUSE, IT'S NOT INDIVIDUAL
CHOICES4@, YOU AND I CAN DECIDE
THAT WERE GOING TO DO THESE
THINGS AND THAT'S CAN AFFECT4@
@ CLIMATE CHANGE BUT WE AS A
SOCIETY NEED TO DO IT 4@.
>>4@ I GOTTA THINK THAT I KNEW
DON IS BEGINNING .
>> EVERYBO4@DY THAT WE TALKED T
PROFESSORS, SCIENTISTS, THOSE
WHO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE SAY
THEY DO HOLD OUT HOPE THAT THE
GENERATION OF THE MOST CONNECTED
TO THE MOST INVOLVED WE'VE SEEN
IN YEARS. THEY ARE GOING TO
FIGURE THIS OUT WITH THE HELP
OF US .
>> I'M HOPEFUL THAT HUMANS WILL
ADDRESS THIS AND THAT LIFE WILL