The Restless planet. El Niño and global warming

Description

This program presents a comprehensive scientific examination of global warming and El Nino, while viewers travel to the battlefields of Waterloo, to Hawaii and Antarctica, and across North America to learn how complex, contradictory, and influential weather can be. Topics include the role played by weather in Napoleon's defeat, and the relationship of El Nino to underwater volcanic activity. Students are encouraged to question the scientific assumptions behind conflicting views on global warming.

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51 min

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Date of Publication

[2005], c1997

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