Catalog Search Results
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A thrilling journey to one of the world's most perilous environments. This follows a team of world-class scientists as the explore the West Antarctic Peninsula. In the wake of devastating events like Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina, oceanagrapher Oscar Schofield teams up with a group of researchers in a race to understand the climate change in the fastest warming place on earth.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 221 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Description
No place on Earth is sage from severe storms. Tour the world's wildest weather--and learn how to protect yourself from it--with a storm-chasing, prize-winning meteorologist.
6) Utama
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the arid Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living a tranquil life for years. While he takes their small herd of llamas out to graze, she keeps house and walks for miles with the other local women to fetch precious water. When an uncommonly long drought threatens everything they know, Virginio and Sisa must decide whether to stay and maintain their traditional way of life or admit defeat and move in with family members in the...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As the earth warms, sea levels rise, and super-storms become more frequent and intense; many major coastal cities will soon be under water. Sinking Cities shows New York, London, Tokyo and Miami preparing for the real-time impact of rising seas and devising colossal new construction projects and groundbreaking solutions aimed at securing their future.
9) Geostorm
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong. The system built to protect the Earth is attacking it, and it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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?
12) Earth emergency
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Examines global warming and environmental feedback loops, focusing on how warming in forests, permafrost, the atmosphere, and the poles accelerates warming in amplifying...
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hushpuppy is a six-year-old living in an isolated bayou community. When her father Wink becomes ill, she sets off for the outside world in an attempt to help him. The journey to save her father is delayed by a 'busted' universe that reverses weather patterns and brings about long-extinct animals. Can Hushpuppy save the day? Bonus features include the making of Beasts of the Southern Wild and the theatrical trailer.
14) Chasing ice
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles the efforts of nature photographer James Balog to document the receding of the Solheim glacier in Iceland, a consequence of climate change and global warming, in which strategically placed cameras would take one picture every hour for three years.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. The story of the Yup'ik people of Newtok, Alaska, who are being forced to relocate their village due to the erosion and flooding they are experiencing as a result of global warming. We meet some of the people who are being called America's first 'climate refugees, ' and learn about the history and culture of the Yup'ik people of Newtok.
17) Becoming human
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's ... investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and ... computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today ... In the first episode ... encounter...
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Investigates the reason behind stalled efforts to tackle climate change despite consensus in the scientific community that it is not only a reality but also a growing problem placing us on the brink of disaster. The film details the people and organizations casting doubt on climate science and claims that greenhouse gases are not affected by human behavior. From the Koch Brothers to ExxonMobil, to oil industry front groups, to prominent politicians...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Travel back through history, over 27,000 years into the past, when Arctic glaciers reached as far south as London and people faced a daily struggle not just to survive as individuals, families or groups, but to avoid the ultimate extinction of the species. A key moment in the course of history saw the two branches of humankind, the Neanderthals and the Cro-Magnons, face off against the backdrop of perilous cold, harsh conditions, and massive predators....
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Request an item not in the catalog. Submit Request