I attended the viewing of The Human Element and was very pleased with the experience. I am currently in a class focused on climate change in the arctic and in alpine environments so this movie compounded on that course well. I thought that the film did an excellent job focusing on the effects being experienced by humans in addition to nature, particularly when focusing on the firefighters in the American West. Unfortuanly, I feel sometimes when nature documentaries focus solely on the effects of climate change on the natural world it has less impact than when focusing on humans so potentially this film will inspire more action to mitigate future effects of climate change.
Rose Scholars Spring 2021
Endless possibilities
Yes, I agree seeing the direct impact of climate change on humans put the entire situation into perspective.
I have not had the opportunity to watch this film before but your description definitely caught my attention. It is devastating to see the effects of climate change amplify throughout the years, and it is even more terrifying to think about what those effects might look like in the near future. I have not taken an environmental science/climate change-related course at Cornell yet, so I hope to do that as well during my time here.