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lightblueline is a project of the New Media Studio, a 501(c)3 public benefit corporation.

Thu, 2007-05-03 20:02 — webmaster
Curb Marker: Final Steel Design

Donate $100 or MORE and we will send you a lightblueline curb marker.

Made from Stainless Steel and baked enamel: it's our way saying THANKS!

All donations are fully tax-deductable as allowed by IRS and state codes.

Global Warming Game on NASA's Earth Observatory

Wed, 2007-05-02 18:32 — webmaster
Global Warming: An interactive educational experience

Check out Global Warming.
You can explore the science and the consequences of global warming!
This is a fully interactive educational game you can use in your classroom. FOR TEACHERS: there is a teacher's guide that explains how the game's content aligns with standards. This game was created in Santa Barbara at a company called Planet Earth Science. Liner Tinka Sloss did the artwork.

Seven Meter Sea Rise: A Predictable, Worst-Case Scenario

Sun, 2006-08-20 00:56 — webmaster
Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Extent

The question of "Why Seven Meters" is a really good one. And there is a good answer for this. But the answer requires some preliminary work. Sea level changes every century as climate conditions change. After an ice age, sea level will rise as the glaciers shrink. As another ice age grows, sea level will fall as water is captured on the continents. Between ice ages, continents rise as well when released from the weight of thousands of feet of ice. Without human intervention, we would likely see the trend of slow sea level rise continue as it has for centuries.

Notes from a meeting with the City Street Department: 7/12/2007

Sun, 2007-07-15 01:08 — webmaster

As we head into the action in a couple months, I'm going to blog the process as a part of the educational model this action is building for similar actions in other cities. By recording the meetings and the technical and practical details of getting the line on the street here, we hope to make it easier for people in other cities to mark their own environment's vulnerability to climate change.

Santa Barbara City Council Approves lightblueline

Wed, 2007-07-04 06:23 — webmaster

On July 4, the Santa Barbara Sound covered the Santa Barbara City Council approval of the lightblueline project.

Eric Lindberg wrote the following: Council approves "Lightblueline" project

You can follow the link above to the Santa Barbara Sound website or read the blog below:
"A public art project depicting the potential effects of climate change on Santa Barbara’s coastline received a vote of support from Santa Barbara City Council yesterday.

Santa Barbara Sound Covers the City Council Meeting

Tue, 2007-07-03 21:20 — webmaster
Council to consider 'lightblueline'

Today's (July 3) Santa Barbara Sound also covers the City Council meeting.

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Santa Barbara Action Street Location Maps are up on Flickr

Tue, 2007-07-03 03:26 — webmaster
Sample LBLINE street map image

The entire set of street maps are now up on the lightblueline Flickr site:

Santa Barbara Street Maps

Santa Barbara's lightblueline going before City Council

Thu, 2007-06-28 23:39 — webmaster

In today's Independent, Nick Welsh covers the anticipated City Council vote next week:

Highwaterline marking the 10 foot storm surge line in New York City

Sat, 2007-06-23 00:14 — webmaster
The artist Eve S. Mosher draws chalk lines on the streets of Brooklyn to mark potential flood zones.

In Sunday's New York Times (June 16, 2007, Art & Design Section) Randy Kennedy wrote about Eve Mosher's efforts to "draw the line" in NYC.

Eve is the creative force behind HighWaterLine. In partnership with the Canary Project (which is also partnering with lightblueline on the Santa Barbara City Hall exhibit), Eve is out in the streets of New York, chalking the 10 foot elevation line as this runs through the buroughs.

NASA Finds Vast Regions of West Antarctica Melted in Recent Past

Wed, 2007-05-16 22:33 — webmaster
NASA's QuikScat satellite detected extensive areas of snowmelt, shown in yellow and red, in west Antarctica in January 2005.

May 15, 2007
A team of NASA and university scientists has found clear evidence that extensive areas of snow melted in west Antarctica in January 2005 in response to warm temperatures. This was the first widespread Antarctic melting ever detected with NASA's QuikScat satellite and the most significant melt observed using satellites during the past three decades. Combined, the affected regions encompassed an area as big as California.

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