Multimedia animations

In this section you will find several animations designed and produced by the International Polar Foundation on different topics linked to the polar regions, the way our planet's climate functions, climate change, biodiversity and energy.

Most of these animations are available as CD-ROMS in various languages. Please contact us for more information.

Resources and reserves : how much energy is left underground ?

24.09.2008

This flash animation is part of the CD-ROM on Energy; it offers an introduction to the notions of resources and reserves. It also gives an account on fossil and nuclear energy reserves and explains what is at stake with the…
Biodiversity - test your knowledge

30.04.2008

Test your knowledge on biodiversity and climate change with this quiz that goes over the 14 flash animations.
Biodiversity: Things we can do on a Daily Basis

25.04.2008

The current climate crisis is threatening biodiversity, but it is also confronting us with an opportunity to take a fresh look at our current way of living. How? By reducing our footprint on the environment. To enable us to do…
Preserving biodiversity: adjustment strategies

22.04.2008

Climate change has become such a threat for many species that human intervention has become necessary to prevent them from becoming extinct. With this in mind, adjustment strategies are currently being established in order to assist some species in dealing…
Biodiversity in the Arctic

25.03.2008

Because they are the principle areas on Earth to be affected by climate change, Polar Regions, especially the North Pole where the effects are most noticeable, are particularly important to study. Temperature rise has caused the Arctic pack ice to…
Biodiversity and Food

20.02.2008

Biodiversity is essential for feeding human beings and animals. As a result, if climate change impacts on certain geographical areas, it also affects the people, animals and plants that live there. The effects of these changes vary a great deal…
Biodiversity: Invasive Species

11.02.2008

This flash animation explains the interaction between climate warming and the invasion of new species. The first section explains how, by creating new climate conditions, climate change can provide a means for insect invasion into previously unaffected areas and help…
The benefits of biodiversity

08.02.2008

The flash animation "The benefits of biodiversity" is part of the CD ROM "Biodiversity & Climate change".The aim of this flash animation is to illustrate the vital role assumed by biodiversity in maintaining an ecological balance, both for the planet…
The biodiversity: relocation of species

22.01.2008

This animation shows that over the course of the Earth's climate's history, species have often had to move in order to benefit from the types of living conditions that suited them. It also demonstrates how, for various reasons, it is…
The biodiversity: climate change

19.01.2008

This animation deals with the topics of biodiversity and climate change. It lays out the main effects of climate change, i.e. the strengthening of the natural greenhouse effect phenomenon that has been caused by our way of life, and the…