Summary: This Science Screen Report explains the importance of the gas layers surrounding our planet and the consequences of changing them. Detailing how the atmosphere and the Sun's radiation create the greenhouse effect, the program outlines ways that human activities-including deforestation and the use of fossil fuels-have increased carbon dioxide levels and affected the ozone layer. Specific methods...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Freon was a refrigeration breakthrough in 1928. It took 45 years for scientists to recognize its dangers, and another 15 for the international community to enact a worldwide ban on all CFC gases. This program illustrates that long process of problem-solving and political action, focusing on the work of Nobel-winning chemists F. Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina and how their discoveries led to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The weather-a phenomenon clearly beyond human control!-is nevertheless a topic of fascination to people the world over. A combination of high-quality film footage and detailed animations, this collection of 48 video clips (30 seconds to 2 minutes each) discusses Earth's atmosphere, precipitation, meteorology, climates, the environment, and pollution. Video clips include: Earth's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Thomas, Keltie
Summary: The Earth's oceans are on the rise. Since 1900, global sea levels have risen steadily each year to a global average of about 8 inches (20cm) today, and they're still rising. By 2100, the sea could climb as much as 14 feet (4.3m) to 32 feet (9.75m). Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World gives youth an eye-popping view of what the Earth might look like under the rising and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books Ltd. 2018