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BASELINE

Telling the story of the climate crisis beyond a human lifetime. By John D. Sutter, filmmaker, climate journalist and assistant professor of environmental media at the University of Oregon.

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'This time': To understand the heatwave in France, we need to step outside the moment

I'm tempted to make a comment about "déjà vu," but I'll hold off for now.

Ted Turner as 'Captain Planet'

The 1990s cartoon series, which the CNN founder co-created, taught a entire generation of kids about environmental ethics. I show a global warming ep in one of my classes.

On Olympic 'snow acknowledgements'

Please allow this brief interruption in Winter Olympic viewing to discuss industrial snow and what one of my students is calling "snow acknowledgements."

Skating on puddles in December

A hopefully-smile-inducing postcard from Oklahoma

Is this normal?

Muggy in the West. Frigid in the East. It's impossible to intuit what's normal anymore -- or, more importantly, how abnormal things have become. Weather apps aren't helping.

Where no one really dies

One of the most wonderful people I've met as a climate journalist died this year. But Shelton Kokeok, like everyone in Shishmaref, lives on through his name

Why we can't lose hope

I have a memento from the Paris climate talks on my desk as a reminder

'BASELINE' in Vox, NPR and Kottke

And our new strategy for filming during Covid-19

'BASELINE' - the TEDx edition

and other scary but non-pandemic things to think about

The 1,000-year camera...

...and other ways to fight chronic 'short-termism'

5:30p tomorrow | BASELINE at Harvard

Meaning: tomorrow! I'd love to see you there ...

Fighting 'now-now-right-now bias'

"BASELINE" is in Nieman Reports this week.

Welcome to "BASELINE"

From John D. Sutter. CNN climate analyst. National Geographic Explorer.

Introducing BASELINE

Telling the story of the climate crisis beyond a human lifetime