Teachers' Domain; Alaska Native Perspectives On Earth and Climate; Engaging Alaska Natives in the Geosciences 2008; A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change

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Can you see two fishes one is a butterfly fish. The dark form behind it. Is an angler fish. It's black guy watches for prey. Between its eyes is an unusual feature. Below the. Huge mouth here in slow motion. The angler moves its lure and gets the attention of the butterfly fish. What we just saw happened in a fraction of a second. Let's watch it again. Slow down the butterfly fish moves toward the lower which looks like a worm. And for one thousandth of a second the angler opens its large mouth
and sucks in water and its prey. The angler fish has the fastest recorded strike of any vertebrate. No fish within reach. Has a chance.
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Series
Teachers' Domain
Program
Alaska Native Perspectives On Earth and Climate
Title
Engaging Alaska Natives in the Geosciences 2008
Title
A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
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Description
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In this video adapted from the Arctic Athabaskan Council, learn about some specific effects of climate change on the subsistence lifestyle of the Athabaskan people. See some of the consequences of the movement of animals and vegetation from more temperate climates into the Arctic region. Hear firsthand accounts about changes in the salmon harvest and how the decline of salmon affects the villages and people.
Description
Make a list of changes in the environment that have been identified by the Athabaskans in this video. How have plant and animal species been affected? Identify some of the species that have already been impacted, or are predicted to be impacted, by the current change in climate.What are the implications of these changes to the Athabaskan subsistence culture and way of life?What is happening to the rivers that negatively impacts salmon?In addition to the Alaska Native peoples, what animals depend on the salmon run for their existence?
Description
This video adapted from the Arctic Athabaskan Council explains how warmer temperatures in the Arctic are transforming the ecosystem and threatening the subsistence culture of the Athabaskan people.
Description
See related asset "ean08_vid_athabaskan_Backgrounder.xml"
Topics
Science
Subjects
earth system :: weather and climate :: climate change evidence; Ecosystems; climate; Human Influence on Ecology; natural resources; organisms and their environments :: changes :: death; organisms and their environments :: changes :: resources; science; earth system :: environment :: natural changes; earth system :: atmosphere :: global warming; earth system :: environment :: natural resources; populations and ecosystems :: organism interactions :: ecosystems; organisms and their environments :: changes :: climate
Rights
Rights Note:Download and Share,Rights:,Rights Credit:Adapted from "Through Arctic Eyes" by Arctic Athabaskan Council. ,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:WGBH Educational Foundation
Rights Note:Download and Share,Rights:,Rights Credit: 2009 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:WGBH Educational Foundation
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:01:35
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Credits
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Publisher: Teachers' Domain
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: 210d1b0ea09693f57af9eb4d25f5554a78ae93d2 (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:00:00
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Chicago: “Teachers' Domain; Alaska Native Perspectives On Earth and Climate; Engaging Alaska Natives in the Geosciences 2008; A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change,” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 19, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-fb4wh2dg8c.
MLA: “Teachers' Domain; Alaska Native Perspectives On Earth and Climate; Engaging Alaska Natives in the Geosciences 2008; A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change.” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 19, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-fb4wh2dg8c>.
APA: Teachers' Domain; Alaska Native Perspectives On Earth and Climate; Engaging Alaska Natives in the Geosciences 2008; A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-fb4wh2dg8c