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Leonardo DiCaprio's 'The Turning Point' set for Toronto film festival
2016-08-09 14:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: Star-studded thrillers and horrors, and the world premiere of Leonardo DiCaprio's documentary "The Turning Point" are bound for the Toronto International Film Festival. On Tuesday, organizers unveiled this year's lineup of docs and shorts, as well as dark, twisted and boundary-pushing films for the edgy Midnight Madness program. Among the highlights is DiCaprio's climate change doc, which he made with actor-filmmaker Fisher Stevens, who won an Oscar for producing "The Cove." Meanwhile, Adam...
Leonardo DiCaprio Oscar Speech on Climate Change Makes a Difference Based on Statistics
2016-08-08 02:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: It's no surprise how celebrities can cause a huge impact on world issues. In fact, thanks to Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar speech on climate change, it got people talking. A study done by a group of researchers from San Diego State University prove that DiCaprio certainly made an impression. John Ayers led the research along with colleagues from the University of California San Diego and Santa Fe Institute. They studied the statistics and how DiCaprio's speech on climate change affected data analysis....
Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscars speech caused surge in climate change tweets and searches
2016-08-07 11:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NME: Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscars acceptance speech led to a huge surge in tweets and Google searches about climate change, a new report shows. The actor spoke about the issue while picking up his first Oscar for his role in The Revenant earlier this year. "Climate change is real. It is happening right now," he said during his speech. "It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating." A new paper published by PlOS ONE shows...
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Why The Rio Olympics And Leonardo DiCaprio Get Your Attention On Climate Change
2016-08-06 07:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: If you watched the Opening Ceremony of the Rio Olympics Friday evening, social media was buzzing about the bold inclusion of a segment on climate change. The segment highlighted the perils of sea level rise on vulnerable nations and cities and also showed Ed Hawkins compelling visual spiral indicating global warming. I also noticed more activity on my social media platforms from people that normally do not talk about the topic. The overwhelming comments where things like wow, that was a wake up...
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Leonardo DiCaprios Climate-Change Acceptance Speech Had a Big Online Impact
2016-08-05 18:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NY Mag: Back in February, after Leonardo DiCaprio finally nabbed his elusive first Oscar for his role in The Revenant, he dedicated about half of his acceptance speech to the subject of climate change. It was: "Climate change is real - it is happening right now," he said. "It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating." Okay, whatever. Another celebrity with a cause. Except according to a new paper published in PlOS ONE, DiCaprio's...
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