Summary: Some scientific studies predict that as the Earth continues to warm, up to a third of all species could go extinct by the middle of the century. This ABC News program looks at the effect of global warming on non-human life-specifically two species of frogs that used to inhabit the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, in Costa Rica; three additional vanished frog species in Madagascar; and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The most striking feature of life on Earth is its richness and variety. But research shows that the planet's biodiversity is seriously threatened with destruction by human activities. From the depths of the oceans to the tops of rainforest canopies, from the African savannas to the soil underfoot, this program hosted by David Attenborough reveals the extent of that living bounty-and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: By building roads, watering crops, and grazing cattle, we are constantly changing the climate. We may also modify the weather by cloud seeding, though there is no scientifically accepted proof that rain or snow would not have occurred naturally in cases where seeding appears to have been successful. This program shows how migration in the Sahel has altered regional climate; examines the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Allan Wilson, a groundbreaking researcher and a lightning rod for controversy, revolutionized science and galvanized the scientific community through his quantitative biochemical approach to the history of evolution. Drawing upon the insights and recollections of those who knew Wilson best, this program-narrated by paleoanthropologist Tim White, codiscoverer of the hominid "Lucy"-correlates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: In 2007, the American honeybee population almost disappeared, the Northwest Passage became navigable without the aid of icebreakers, and China surpassed the United States in total carbon emissions. This program documents the most ominous environmental milestones of that year, providing an illuminating snapshot of the changing condition of the planet. Replete with fires and floods, migrations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010