Peatlands 

Documentary, Story Research

2019

Welcome to a warmer future. In northern Minnesota, scientists simulate the effects of rising temperatures and elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations on peatland ecosystems with harrowing effects. This project was commissioned by Google Research as part of an initiative to identify opportunities for AI-powered remote sensing applications and produced in collaboration withresearcher Izzie Zahorian. Although a film was never produced, this project uncovered strategies for transforming the building blocks of film – image and sound – into vivid, cinematic, and immersive research artifacts.