Summary: This program explores the grave environmental consequences and unexpected opportunities due to the melting of the Arctic sea-ice cover-a vast region heating up at twice the speed of the rest of the Earth. Balanced against the benefits of shipping shortcuts and access to new undersea oil and gas fields is the looming catastrophic effect of a warming North Pole on the entire world's climate....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Due to global warming, Earth is hovering at the climatic tipping point. After summarizing the state of greenhouse gas emissions and predicting future weather changes with climate modeling, this program presented by Sir David Attenborough circles the globe to create a composite picture of burgeoning eco-disaster: extended droughts, devastating flash floods, stronger hurricanes, unpredictable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This episode of The Green Interview features Ronald Wright, a novelist, essayist, historian, philosopher and the author of nine books, including the 2004 CBC Massey Lectures, "A Short History of Progress," which won the Libris Award for Nonfiction Book of the Year and was subsequently produced as a documentary film. Wright is also a compelling and well-regarded speaker who began as an...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010