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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Six degrees could change the world [videorecording] / producer/director, Ron Bowman ; writer, Ed Fields, Ron Bowman ; produced by National Geographic Television.

Publisher, Date:

[Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2008.

Description:

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Discusses why many scientists believe that the Earth's average temperature could rise by as much as six degrees Celsius by 2100. Explores what each rising degree could mean for the future of humanity and our planet. Illustrates how global warming has already affected the reefs of Australia, the ice fields of Greenland, and the Amazonian rain forest. Explains what's real, what's still controversial, and how existing technologies and remedies could help dial back the global thermometer.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

Global warming.

Earth temperature.

Global temperature changes.

Documentary films.

Nature television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Bowman, Ron.

Fields, Ed.

Baldwin, Alec, 1958-

National Geographic Television & Film.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Notes:

Widescreen format; Dolby Digital.

Originally broadcast on television in 2008.

"Preserve our planet"--Container.

Special features: celebrity interviews; everyday green living tips; preserve our planet PSA; degree-by-degree impact guide.

Narrator, Alec Baldwin.

DVD, region 1.

Closed-captioned.

Contents:

A warmer world -- CO2, the hidden price -- Plus one degree -- Carbon footprint -- Plus two degrees -- Accumulating loss of polar ice -- Plus three degrees -- Forecasting our climate -- New generation of super storms -- Plus four degrees -- Impact of rising sea levels -- Plus five degrees -- Plus six degrees -- Looking for solutions -- Alternate sources of energy.

ISBN:

9781426293023

142629302X

Publisher Number:

G75283

Other Number:

190864815

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

251971

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 551.6425 Six degr

Medium:

[videorecording]