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.

  • Biodiversity: Things we can do on a Daily Basis

    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

    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 North Sea

    Biodiversity in the North Sea

    07.04.2008

    Having already been weakened by overfishing, the North Sea's biodiversity now has to face up to yet another peril: climate warming.The temperature increase associated with climate warming is causing modifications in the plankton's composition and encouraging the establishment of exotic…

  • Biodiversity in the Fagnes

    Biodiversity in the Fagnes

    29.03.2008

    This animation focuses on one of the key components of the Fagnes: peat bogs. It shows how peat bogs, which are a unique and sometimes poorly known ecosystem in Belgium, are undergoing the combined effects of climate change and human…

  • Biodiversity in Belgium

    Biodiversity in Belgium

    27.03.2008

    Although the effects of climate change vary from one place to another, they are appearing everywhere. A number of different phenomena are already being observed in Belgium: the rhythm of life of several species has been disrupted, and "thermophile" species…

  • Biodiversity in the Arctic

    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 - Coral Reefs

    Biodiversity - Coral Reefs

    17.03.2008

    A coral "head" is composed of a colony of animals (polyps) that live thanks to the presence of plant matter (algae) in their tissue. The collaboration between polyps and algae is one of true "symbiosis", each organism being able to…

  • Biodiversity - Natural Rhythms

    Biodiversity - Natural Rhythms

    03.03.2008

    The flash animation explains that "phenology" is the study of a species' rhythm of life. A number of things determine the rhythm of life of a species, such as the seasons, the temperature, the duration of daylight, the rhythm of…

  • Biodiversity and Food

    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

    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…

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