National Geographic: Six Degrees Could Change the World
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0727994752837
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: National Geographic Video
Manufacturer: National Geographic Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: National Geographic Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 08, 2008
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 3227
Studio: National Geographic Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Product Description:
In a special broadcast event National Geographic explores the startling theory that Earths average temperature could rise six degrees Celsius by the year 2100. In this amazing and insightful documentary National Geographic illustrates one poignant degree at a time the consequences of rising temperatures on Earth. Also learn how existing technologies and remedies can help in the battle to dial back the global thermometer.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/NATURE & WILDLIFE UPC: 727994752837 Manufacturer No: 1000036970
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In the 2004 eco-thriller The Day After Tomorrow, director Roland Emmerich dramatized the potential consequences of accelerated global warming. By combining stock footage with computer-generated imagery, the National Geographic special Six Degrees Could Change the World serves as a sort of nonfiction counterpoint. As NASA climate scientist James Hansen cautions, even two degrees Celsius represents a tipping point (from which there is no return). Based on Mark Lynas's Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet and narrated by Alec Baldwin, the program roams from the bushfire-ravaged suburbs of Southern Australia to the drought-stricken farmlands of Nebraska to the rapidly melting glaciers of Greenland. In the process, aerospace engineers, marine biologists, and ordinary citizens share their experiences and predictions. In the end, it's the actual events--rather than the speculative scenarios--that prove most alarming, like the 30,000 deaths that resulted from 2003's European heat wave. While a skeptic might dismiss that tragedy as a statistical anomaly, every continent bears the scars of climate change, like the deforestation of the Amazon and the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. In order to inject some levity, Six Degrees detours to look at a British grape grower who has actually benefited from his country's drier environment and the carbon footprint involved in the creation of that all-American favorite, the cheeseburger (suffice to say, it's considerable). While some of the special effects are hokey--Hansen sitting at a floating desk, for example--the preponderance of compelling data helps to compensate for such lapses. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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- The ultimate alarmist's exaggeration, based on "what if" scenarios the latest IPCC's 2007 Report no longer supportsI just can believe a reputable source as National Geographic supported this documentary. This is the ... Read More
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- Must see!Very thought provoking! It's hard to believe that some people actually deny that there is a problem with ... Read More
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- Excellent programs! Excellent programs, predict what may happen if increased 1, or 2, or 3, or 4, or 5, or 6 degrees!
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- Nat. Geographic: Six DegreesI showed my college students this film during a lab. They had to write a comment paper after. Generally, they ... Read More
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