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What Causes Earthquakes? (1993 Video)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

Shows how the Richter scale is used to describe the strength of seismic activity, and how seismic waves originate from a focus to travel through the earth’s crust. Discusses plate tectonics and their...

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Topics in Earth Sciences 1 (1998 Multimedia)

Subject

Chemistry; Physics

Distribution

CD-ROM

Two activities designed as science learning resources: 1) An Element on the Move: investigates the earth’s natural carbon cycle. One can explore the multiplicity of ways in which carbon moves through the...

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Blue Eye of Siberia, The (2 Parts) (1989 Video)

aka: Baikal: Blue Eye of Siberia

Director

Yuri Beliankin

Producer

Frances Berrigan

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 57 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

Lake Baikal in Siberia is the oldest and deepest lake on earth, holding a fifth of the earth’s fresh water. But the delicate balance of this ancient ecosystem has been endangered by overfishing and...

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Under the Volcano (1992 Video)

Producer

David Jackson

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 72 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shows how absolute, static and dynamic gravity surveys are carried out in the field. The volcanoes studied include Poas in Costa Rica and Etna in Sicily.

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Earth, Life and Humanity (1997 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min., 2006 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Illustrated discussion of: rates of change; predicting the future; relative rates of carbon sequestering and release; predicted impacts of global warming; the connection between population growth and carbon...

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Finding Life Beyond Earth (2011)

aka: Finding Life Beyond Earth: Moons and Beyond

Director

Oliver Twinch

Subject

Earth Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £9.99

Do other life forms exist outside of our atmosphere? Modern telescopes and unmanned space missions have revealed a wide range of dynamic environments: atmospheres thick with organic molecules, active...

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Exploring the Shallow Subsurface with Geophysics (1995 Multimedia)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

CD-ROM

Teaching moodule that explores the shallow sub-surface with the help of geophysics. Approximately 4 hours of teaching material, intended to complement lectures and practicals.

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Ocean Crust and Ophiolites (1995 Multimedia)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

CD-ROM

Teaching module on the ocean crust and ophiolites. Approximately 4 hours of teaching material, intended to complement lectures and practicals.

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Deep Space Cd-Rom (1997 Multimedia)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

CD-ROM

High-resolution colour images of deep space from the Hubble space telescope, complemented by earth-based telescoipephotographs and views of earth from the sapce shuttle. Interactive menus allow the user to...

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Frozen Planet (2011)

Subject

Biology; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 420 minutes), £29.99

The team behind the award-winning nature series PLANET EARTH and BLUE PLANET set their sights on the greatest wildernesses on Earth, the Arctic and Antarctica. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, the seven...

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