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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The math is simple: the fossil fuel industry has five times the amount of coal, gas and oil that even the most conservative governments know is safe to burn. Left to their own devices, they’ll push us past the brink of cataclysmic disaster and life as we know it will be irrevocably altered forever - unless we rise up and fight back. In November 2012, best-selling author and environmental activist Bill McKibben and 350.org -- the organization he...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This fascinating and clarifying look at the debate surrounding global warming explores the striking disconnect between the relatively clear-cut concerns of the world's most prominent scientists and the maze of speculation, rhetorical posturing, and outright misinformation that attaches to this issue whenever it's taken up by politicians, PR specialists, and political pundits. Mixing a localized focus on Ireland with insights from scientists and leaders...
3) Revolution
Publisher
The Video Project
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this multi-award-winning film, Rob Stewart embarks on a global journey to uncover the grave dangers threatening the world's oceans -- and ultimately, humanity -- as well as to learn what it will take to reverse the challenges to life on earth. From the coral reefs in Papua New Guinea to the rainforests of Madagascar, Stewart's travels reveal that our fate is tied to even the smallest of creatures. Stunning scenes of underwater sea life bring viewers...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A thrilling journey to the world's most perilous environment, Antarctic Edge: 70° South joins a team of world-class scientists as they explore the fastest warming place on earth: the West Antarctic Peninsula. Filmed in one of the most perilous environments on the planet, Antarctic Edge brings to us the stunning landscapes and seascapes of Earth's southern polar region, revealing the harsh conditions and huge challenges that scientists endure for...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
On February 7, 2012, Mohamed Nasheed resigned the presidency under the threat of violence in a coup d'etat perpetrated by security forces loyal to the former dictator. This film is the story of his first year in office. A film about one man's mission to save his nation and perhaps the planet, The Island President is a riveting, uplifting story that is impossible to take your eyes off of. President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives is confronting a problem...
Publisher
Universal Studios Canada Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
John Chester chronicles the eight-year quest he and Molly Chester went on when they traded city living for 200 acres of barren farmland in the foothills of Ventura County and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the opportunity provided by nature's conflicts, the Chester's unlock and uncover a biodiverse design for living that exists far beyond their farm, its seasons, and our wildest imagination.
7) Meltdown
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
Formats
Description
MELTDOWN presents an extraordinary convergence of art & science as it follows acclaimed photographer Lynn Davis and climate scientist Tony Leiserowitz to the town of Ilulissat, Greenland, considered "Ground Zero" for climate change.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of global warning have reached the level of crisis, and addresses the efforts of certain interests to discredit the anti-global warming cause. Between lecture segments, Gore discusses his personal commitment to the environment, sharing anecdotes from his experiences.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former Vice President Al Gore presents evidence that the negative effects of global warming have increased since the release of the film "An inconvenient truth" a decade earlier.
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the follow-up that shows just how close people are to a real energy revolution.
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Oscar Nominated director Josh Fox continues in his deeply personal style, investigating climate change, the greatest threat the world has ever known. Traveling to twelve countries on six continents, the film acknowledges that it may be too late to stop some of the worst consequences and asks, what is it that climate change can't destroy? What is so deep within people that no calamity can take it away?
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Journey to the top of the world with scientists as they embark on the most ambitious Arctic research expedition of all time. The Arctic - much of it a vast frozen ocean, shrouded in darkness for half the year - is warming at twice the rate as the rest of the globe.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Climate Refugees is the first feature film to explore in-depth the global human impact of climate change and its serious destabilizing effect on international politics. The film turns the distant concept of global warming into a concrete human problem with enormous worldwide consequences. Experts predict that by mid-century hundreds of millions of people will be uprooted as a result of sea level rise and an increase in extreme weather events, droughts...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
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...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Yellowstone is home to North America's most iconic wildlife, and every year these animals must survive the Thaw-one of the harshest seasonal changes on Earth when temperatures can swing from minus 40°F in winter to almost 100°F in summer. Learn how animals cope with this range, and witness the impact on individual families of wolves, grizzly bears, beavers, and great gray owls.
15) Arctic tale
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the vast snow kingdom at the top of the world. Follow two very different arctic creatures. Nanu the polar bear cub and Seela the walrus pup as they go through exciting and harrowing struggles for survival. Armed with only their natural instincts and mother's guidance, these inspiring animals face countless trials and challenges in a beautiful icebound world that is rapidly melting beneath them.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists are wondering if there are solutions beyond reducing emissions. Enter geoengineering. From sucking carbon straight out of the air to physically blocking out sunlight, the options may seem far-fetched. Can geoengineering really work? How much would it cost? And what are the risks of engineering Earth's climate?
17) Earth emergency
Publisher
PBS Distrbution
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Listen to the scientists. That's the refrain of climate activist Greta Thunberg. Climate scientists explain how warming caused by human activity is setting in motion Earth's own natural warming mechanisms, releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and further warming the planet.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than anything anyone has ever encountered: Mother Nature.
Language
English
Formats
Description
THE ANTHROPOLOGIST examines climate change like no other film before. The fate of the planet is considered from the perspective of American teenager Katie Crate. Over the course of five years, she travels alongside her mother Susie, an anthropologist studying the impact of climate change on indigenous communities. Their journey parallels that of renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead, who for decades sought to understand how global change affects remote...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begns to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than anything anyone has ever encountered: Mother Nature.
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