Six Degrees could change the world

Description

Based on Mark Lynas's Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet, this program explores the theory that Earth's average temperature could rise six degrees Celsius by the year 2100. One poignant degree at a time, the consequences of rising temperatures on Greenland's ice sheet and Himalayan glaciers, tropical coral reefs and the Amazon rainforest, and elsewhere across five continents are illustrated. In addition, some of the world's top climate researchers present existing technologies and remedies that can help in the battle to cool off the global thermometer. An alarming preview of a potentially catastrophic future-and a global call to action!

Runtime

96 min

Subjects

Genre

Date of Publication

[2009], c2007

Database

Films on Demand

Direct Link

Similar Films

In short. Carbon free city. Episode 29
Amazon, the Final Frontier
Frozen Planet, On Thin Ice (Movie)
60 minutes. The age of warming
How to hit the brakes on climate change
Think green. Episode 39
Can We Save The Reef?
Greedy Lying Bastards
Climate change. Clip 33 of 38
Melting Point
Horizon Guide to Climate Change
Aluna
Nature's microworlds. Scottish Highlands
How is the melting Arctic impacting the U.S.?
Breaking the Wall of Coal, How Climate Science Calls for Radical Changes in Energy Policy