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Global Warming

Film: What’s Up with the Weather?

The overall issue of the inclusive two-hour program is global warming - whether it really exists, whether it is caused by human actions, what the consequences might be, energy consumption throughout the world, political efforts to recognize and deal with global warming, particularly the Kyoto Accords, and possible future scenarios... Read the complete film description ››

Focus on Issues: What’s Up with the Weather?

Apprehensions have been multiplying rapidly that we are approaching an unprecedented crisis in our relationship with nature, one that could have potentially catastrophic results for the sustainability of civilization and even the habitability of the planet. Much of the concern is rightfully focused on changes in the atmosphere caused by human activities—energy use, transportation, agriculture, and deforestation. In the second half of the twentieth century we have come to suspect that the gentlest of rains are carrying corrosive acids from far-away power plants. We seek protection from the clear blue sky because of the damage our air-conditioners have inflicted on the statospheric ozone layer. We have promoted the simple carbon dioxide molecule, one of the basic building blocks of life, into an international symbol of human intervention in the climate system, somehow codifying both affluence and apprehension. Some would say we are facing a cultural as well as an environmental crisis... Read the complete Essay ›› [pdf]››

Focus on Science: Global Warming

As you stand on the Earth, the atmosphere, like the ocean, appears endless. When we burn wood in a fireplace the smoke rises and is absorbed by the sky. Even the smog over Los Angeles can be cleared by a strong wind-it blows away and seems dissipated and gone. How did we manage to punch a hole in the chemistry of the stratosphere 50 kilometers over Antarctica? Read the complete Essay ›› [pdf]››

Research More:

Best Global Warming Film: Erin Brockovich
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Best Global Warming Reading: Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints
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Best Global Warming Web Site: Global Warming from the Why Files
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